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Department for International Trade

Enhanced International Support Service - North America

Business ServicesCPV 79000000
Value£1.4m
Awarded9 Mar 2020
Published7 Jul 2020
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£1.4mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Department for International Trade (DIT) has awarded the contract for the Enhanced International Support Service (EISS) in North America.

The contract has been awarded through a competitive procurement in accordance with the provisions set out in the ITT documentation.

The requirement awarded contract shall be for a period of three years including an implementation period with the Authority having the option to extend by two periods of up to 12 months.

The implementation period will begin prior to the start date of 1.10.2020.

The EISS replaces the Overseas Business Network (OBN) on expiry of current arrangements.

The OBN currently provides services in 20 countries via 19 delivery partners.

The future EISS will have a similar coverage, based on the establishment and operation of Export Service Hubs in North America and other global regions.

The North America Export Service Hub will deliver in-market export support services to UK based businesses seeking to internationalise.

The EISS builds on the strong track record of the OBN and incorporates changes that address opportunities for improvement and to deliver better value.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Enhanced International Support Service (EISS) in North

Enhanced International Support Service (EISS) in North America.

02

The requirement awarded contract shall be

The requirement awarded contract shall be for a period of three years including an implementation period with the Authority having the option to extend by two periods of up to 12 months.

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The North America Export Service Hub

The North America Export Service Hub will deliver in-market export support services to UK based businesses seeking to internationalise.

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The EISS builds on the strong track

The EISS builds on the strong track record of the OBN and incorporates changes that address opportunities for improvement and to deliver better value.

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