Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-27
Buyer: University of Lincoln
Country: UK
Region: Lincolnshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71248000 | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 79411100 | 79421000
Estimated value: 550000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: The services for which tenderers are invited to tender for are the provision of project and management specialist Innovation Advisor services supporting the delivery of a comprehensive European Structural Investment Funded programme to engage Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) in a range of activities and research-based interventions in the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (GLLEP) area. More information regarding the GLLEP is available here: http://www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk/
Delivery of this project will provide a comprehensive range of innovation-based activities, interventions and funding opportunities to SMEs with a key focus on the GLLEP's priority and emerging sectors, enabling businesses to: access equipment and specialist support; draw on sources of technical expertise and hands on support; engage in tailored workforce skills development; and obtain grant funding and seed finance to exploit and bring new products, processes and services to market.
To lead on the project management and coordination activity of the overarching programme of activity, and therefore responsibility of the management and control systems to include compliance — (to meet ESIF/ERDF requirements).
To provide innovation services across the Greater Lincolnshire LEP area to include Innovation Diagnostics and 1:1 advice to eligible businesses enrolled on the programme.
Please note this procurement is a re-tender of a previously aborted tender process. To make the contract more commercially attractive the following changes have been made; the addition of the project management lot, increased funding, reduction in outputs to be achieved and a reduction in the minimum turnover required.
The University is holding a mid tender briefing session on the morning of 12th May, this will be an opportunity for suppliers to ask questions about the tender process and the project. Further details are contained within the tender documents.
To lead on the project management and coordination activity of the overarching programme of activity, and therefore responsibility of the management and control systems to include compliance — (to meet ESIF/ERDF requirements).
The contract will run for a period of 3 years. There will be an option for the University to extend the contract by a period of up to 24 months, subject to funding availability and satisfactory performance of this contract.
To provide innovation services across the Greater Lincolnshire LEP area to include innovation diagnostics and 1:1 advice to eligible businesses enrolled on the programme.
The contract will run for a period of 3 years. There will be an option for the University to extend the contract by a period of up to 24 months, subject to funding availability and satisfactory performance of this contract.
The contract will run for a period of 3 years and commencing July 2016. There may be an option for the University to extend the contract by a period of up to 24 months (subject to a successful application by the University for further funding).
This contract is fixed price and Tenderers should satisfy themselves that they can deliver the outputs required for the money available. There will not be an opportunity to enter into price negotiations with the University. Tenderers must also be aware there will be not be a pricing uplift during the initial term of the contract.
The University, should it be successful in obtaining further funding may wish to extend the contract for a further period of up to 24 months.
The contracting authority reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds or other forms of appropriate security.
The contracting authority reserves the right to require groupings of separate economic operators as consortium to take a particular legal form or to require a single economic operator to take primary liability or to require each operator to undertake joint and several liability (if relevant).

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