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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

UK SBS CR18096 Advanced Materials International Benchmarking

R&DCPV 73200000 79310000
Value£35k
Awarded31 Jul 2018
Published8 Nov 2019
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£35ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Research & Development band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The final date and time for the submission of bids is 1st August 2018 - 14:00 Description Help to develop a strategy targeting Innovate UK support for international activities for advanced materials.

To do this we need to understand how the UK advanced materials sector compares with international peers and then seek effective ways of working with our international counterparts.

We need to understand: • the size of other countries' RD&I for materials; • their national, regional and local strategies for materials, • their role in the wider economy (e.g., is it linked to manufacturing or other sectors) • what recent efforts and investments have been made and in what specific materials areas From this information we need to understand which countries are good candidates for joint activity with the UK and what kind of activities would be beneficial to both countries.

We want to be able to use this information to help develop our own advanced materials strategies and priorities and to use as evidence for international partnerships and activities.

How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: • the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • the name of the registered Bidder; • the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Help to develop a strategy targeting Innovate

Help to develop a strategy targeting Innovate UK support for international activities for advanced materials.

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To do this we need to understand

To do this we need to understand how the UK advanced materials sector compares with international peers and then seek effective ways of working with our international counterparts.

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From this information we need to understand

From this information we need to understand which countries are good candidates for joint activity with the UK and what kind of activities would be beneficial to both countries.

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We want to be able to use

We want to be able to use this information to help develop our own advanced materials strategies and priorities and to use as evidence for international partnerships and activities.

05

Your email must clearly state

Your email must clearly state:.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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