Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle University
Newcastle University, Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
Contact
Mrs Natalie Morton
Telephone
+44 1912086396
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.1) Name and addresses
Durham University
The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road
Durham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Northumbria University Newcastle
The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road
Newcastle,Tyne and Wear
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
University of Sunderland
The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road
Sunderland
Cheryl.Holmstrom@sunderland.ac.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Teesside University
The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road
Middlesbrough, Tees Valley
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
University of Bath on behalf of the SETsquared
The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road
Claverton Down, Bath
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
(NU/1433-22) ESP (Extracellular Synucleinopathic Protein) Diagnostics Ltd: Commercialisation of university research through provision of management skills to assist in successful spin-out company creation
Reference number
DN568817
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Every year in the UK, around 20,000 new cases of Parkinson’s disease are diagnosed along with over 20,000 new cases of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), the second commonest form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is the biggest healthcare challenge globally, this being recognised in the UK through the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 and the NHS England Five Year Forward View, where improving diagnosis, treatment and care is a core focus. These neurodegenerative disorders carry a huge economic burden, in the US alone the annual costs exceed $850 billion, with this estimated to double in the next three decades. DLB is the costliest type of dementia, with patients needing more emergency care, hospitalisation, treatment, and with a greater caregiver burden.
We are looking for an executive and the initial brief of the executive will be to:
(1) Produce a viable 5 year business plan;
(2) Obtain university approval for the venture;
(3) a. Act for the company in the spin-out legal process and address all company formation matters;
b. Obtain founder academics’ and Newcastle University (including the Head of Company Creation) approval for appointment as CEO.
c. Provide to the appropriate university all matters necessary for ERDF or Research England reporting requirements;
(4) Secure (venture capital and other) funding
Stage (4) will produce the funds by which the new start-up company can consider employing the executive going forward. It is expected, and the intent of the scheme, that the Executive will remain with the business following the end of the contract period. However, such appointment will be at the discretion of the board and appropriate university and will be subject to confirmation, typically at Stage 3 above.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £30,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Newcastle, Sunderland, Northumbria, Durham, Teesside universities together with the University of Bath on
behalf of the SETsquared Partnership (the Enterprise collaboration of the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter,
Southampton and Surrey) and any other HE Institution that wishes to join this DPS, as detailed in the Office for
Students Register, https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/the-register/the-ofs-register/ will
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engage suitably qualified and experienced executives through the DPS as and when required over the DPS
period.
The specific requirements will be detailed in each individual further competition. The typical brief of an executive
will be to:
(a) Produce a viable business plan;
(b) Obtain university approval for the venture;
(c) Act for the company in the spin-out legal process and address all company formation matters;
(d) Provide to the appropriate university all matters necessary for Research England and ESIF reporting
requirements;
(e) Secure (venture capital and/or other) funding in accordance with the business plan.
This will be a cyclical process throughout the entire Research England, and potential ESIF project along with
any additional funding streams.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Ability to meet the required programme / Weighting: Pass/Fail
Quality criterion - Name: Capability to meet the Job Description required for the individual competition / Weighting: Pass/Fail
Quality criterion - Name: Capability to meet the Job Description required for the individual competition / Weighting: 60
Quality criterion - Name: Equity / Weighting: 15
Price - Weighting: 25
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes
Identification of the project
Northern Accelerator programme involving funding from both the European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) and Research England.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2019/S 009-016574
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
(NU/1433-22
Lot No
N/A
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10 December 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Athymetrix Ltd
45 Norham Drive
Morpeth Northumberland
NE61 2XA
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC - North East (England)
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £24,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The University will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the
contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the
award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days,
provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the
contract is entered into.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who
have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High
Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive
knowledge of breach.
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
Country
United Kingdom