Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-05-14
Buyer: Welsh Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services | 73200000 | 73220000 | 79410000 | 79411000
Estimated value: 7000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Welsh Government has a suite of trade support programmes which aim to support the internationalisation of Welsh businesses. Two of these programmes are international trade development (ITD) and international trade opportunities (ITO). This tender exercise aims to ensure that the Welsh Ministers (herein after referred to as the Client) has access to a network of motivated experts to provide high quality international trade advice, business support and other related services to new and existing exporters across all regions of Wales.
Lot 1 of the framework agreement will cover ITD which requires the successful tenderers to provide assistance to companies on a 1-1 basis to help develop their capabilities for exporting.
Lot 2-8 of the framework agreement will cover ITO and will be split into seven regions. The successful tenderers will be required to assist companies in identifying export opportunities in a range of overseas markets.
Lot 2 of the framework agreement will cover ITO for Western Europe — Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland. The successful tenderers will be required to assist companies in identifying export opportunities in a range of overseas markets.
The top three scoring bidders that pass the minimum threshold score at ITT stage will be awarded a place on the lot of this framework. Where a number of candidates have equal scoring they will be awarded a place on the lot of the framework and in such a circumstance this may result in more than three suppliers being awarded to the lot.
Lot 3 of the framework agreement will cover ITO for Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia — Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Greece. The successful tenderers will be required to assist companies in identifying export opportunities in a range of overseas markets.
The top three scoring bidders that pass the minimum threshold score at ITT stage will be awarded a place on the lot of this framework. Where a number of candidates have equal scoring they will be awarded a place on the lot of the framework and in such a circumstance this may result in more than three suppliers being awarded to the lot.
Lot 4 of the framework agreement will cover ITO for Middle East and Africa — Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Oman, UAE, South Africa. the successful tenderers will be required to assist companies in identifying export opportunities in a range of overseas markets.
The top three scoring bidders that pass the minimum threshold score at ITT stage will be awarded a place on the lot of this framework. Where a number of candidates have equal scoring they will be awarded a place on the lot of the framework and in such a circumstance this may result in more than three suppliers being awarded to the lot.
Lot 5 of the framework agreement will cover ITO for Americas — USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile. The successful tenderers will be required to assist companies in identifying export opportunities in a range of overseas markets.
The top three scoring bidders that pass the minimum threshold score at ITT stage will be awarded a place on the lot of this framework. Where a number of candidates have equal scoring they will be awarded a place on the lot of the framework and in such a circumstance this may result in more than three suppliers being awarded to the lot.
Lot 6 of the framework agreement will cover ITO for India. The successful tenderers will be required to assist companies in identifying export opportunities in a range of overseas markets.
The top three scoring bidders that pass the minimum threshold score at ITT stage will be awarded a place on the lot of this framework. Where a number of candidates have equal scoring they will be awarded a place on the lot of the framework and in such a circumstance this may result in more than three suppliers being awarded to the lot.
Lot 7 of the framework agreement will cover ITO for Asia Pacific 1 — China, Taiwan, Hong Kong. The successful tenderers will be required to assist companies in identifying export opportunities in a range of overseas markets.
The top three scoring bidders that pass the minimum threshold score at ITT stage will be awarded a place on the lot of this framework. Where a number of candidates have equal scoring they will be awarded a place on the lot of the framework and in such a circumstance this may result in more than three suppliers being awarded to the lot.


Winner: IBDG
Award value: 7000000
Number of bids: 6