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InterTradeIreland

ID 6543869 - Managing Agent for InterTradeIreland Innovation Boost Programme (Phase VII)

Business ServicesCPV 79990000
Value£2.8m
Deadline29 Sept 2026
Published28 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 28 Aug 202630 days leftCloses 29 Sept 2026
Who to contact
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
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Contract value in context
£2.8mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

InterTradeIreland has published 3 IT Services notices, about every 28 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around December 2028.

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The brief

The primary requirement of this tender is to engage a Managing Agent to manage and deliver Innovation Boost Phase VII on behalf of InterTradeIreland.

It is anticipated that a programme set-up phase will commence at contract award (approximately October 2026) and programme delivery will operate over a maximum seven-year period from January 2027 to December 2033.

Please see tender documents for full details of the scope of requirements.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The primary requirement of this tender is

The primary requirement of this tender is to engage a Managing Agent to manage and deliver Innovation Boost Phase VII on behalf of InterTradeIreland.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ee97
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
082205-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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