Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
UK Research & Innovation
UK Research & Innovation, Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
Contact
Corporate Procurement
Telephone
+44 1793867000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Research
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
UKRI-2915 IUK NZL Thriving Places Service Delivery Partner
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This Priory Information Notice (PIN) is being issued in order to undertake a market consultation exercise with regards to the potential requirement of UKRI-2915 IUK Net Zero Living Thriving Places Service Delivery Partner, briefly detailed in Section 2. UKRI would like to invite suppliers to attend an engagement session in order to provide information regarding the project, the expected outcomes, and to enable suppliers an opportunity to ask questions regarding the project and these expected outcomes. We request that attendance is restricted to key members of your organisation (a maximum of 2). For clarity, this PIN is not a Call for Competition. Not registering an interest shall not prevent any supplier participating in a future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the preliminary market consultation shall place any supplier at an advantage in any future potential procurement process.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), through the Innovate UK (IUK), has recently launched its Net Zero Living: Thriving Places programme supporting local authorities and their partners to tackle key, non-technical barriers to deploying net zero solutions at the local level. At the heart of this programme is the Future Ready Academy, a capacity building and upskilling support package including developing communities of practice, providing communications, providing 121 support, coordinate technical training providers and generate programme insights. IUK would be looking for a critical delivery partner to work collaboratively with us and other specialist providers to codesign, develop and deliver these exciting Future Ready Academy activities. Therefore, IUK is holding a supplier engagement day via Zoom webinar on April 3rd, 23 at 2 pm. The details of the webinar can be found in Section II.2.14. Please join us to find out more. Please note that the date relating to the publication of the contract notice is tentative and may be subject to change. All future tender documentation will be made available via Delta e-sourcing portal and potential bidders should register on Delta to ensure they have access to all tender documentation when the tender is published.
two.2.14) Additional information
Please register for the supplier engagement event at the following link : You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Apr 3, 2023 02:00 PM London Topic: Supplier Engagement Day for UKRI-2915 IUK NZL Thriving Places Service Delivery Partner Register in advance for this webinar: https://ukri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v6aZnuT0TuGA9Ky0tSB9mg
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
26 April 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
To view this notice, please click here:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=769680422" target="_blank">https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=769680422
GO Reference: GO-2023324-PRO-22393019