PS24128 - Eastern Europe Accelerator Programme

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 17th June 2024 at 11:00.

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal.

How to Apply

Below we have provided a high-level overview of the Scope of Services for this Contract. Due to the sensitivity of this work, the full tender information and documentation will only be provided to potential Bidders upon completion of the PS24128 - Eastern Europe Accelerator Programme - Non-Disclosure Contract - Not a Deed Agreement, which can be found within the Contracts Finder attachments area.

Completed NDAs must be emailed to [email protected], where these will be countersigned, and your organisation will then be added into the main Jaggaer procurement.

Introduction

We wish to establish a contract for the provision of an International Accelerator Programme for the Energy Team. This will include support for both the UK companies and international partners.

Aims & Objectives

The aim of the accelerator programme is to provide commercialisation services to sit along side some of our overseas energy projects clustered in the eastern European region, ensuring the businesses taking part in the projects are commercially ready as well as technologically ready. Although the accelerator programme will be optional for our funded projects, we would expect most or all of the projects in this portfolio to take advantage of the support offered through the programme. The support will be a mixture of supporting fundamental programme requirements with all projects, 1 to 1 business support, connecting to the wider industry as well as communications activities.

There are four core objectives:
1.	Provide core support to enable projects to achieve their project outputs in an ODA eligible country.
2.	Provide business support to project leads to help them commercialise (no matter where they are in the world). 
3.	Engage with wider sector to help the organisations achieve their goals.
4.	Provide communication and dissemination activities to demonstrate the meaningful impacts the programme is having.

We are hoping to achieve the following outputs:
-	Organisations which have increased their commercial readiness.
-	Technologies that are closer to market.
-	A group of projects which feel like a cohort.
-	Investment engagements with companies.
-	Knowledge sharing between projects and the wider energy and government space.
-	Promotion of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion.
-	Impact which is disseminated globally. 

UKSBS will be using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link  https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier.

Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER
To allow the contracting authority to share information with prospective bidders all suppliers will need to sign and return a copy of a NDA. If you are interested in bidding for this project please email  [email protected]  include  PS24128 in the subject and email address to be given access to Jaggaer. The NDA will be issued for signature and once returned you will then be given access to the project in Jaggaer.

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations that apply to this opportunity.

Responses must be received by the date and time in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Jaggaer eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered by the Contracting Authority further for this opportunity, unless a system outage is experienced, to which the Contracting Authority will advise upon accordingly. Interested organisations should ensure that they allow a sufficiency of time, prior to the deadline to allow all sections to be completed in full and any attachments to be uploaded.

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The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:
i.	not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and
ii.	to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and under no circumstances as part of your organisations participation in this opportunity, will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by any organisation as a result. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a contract with any successful organisation(s), this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of your organisation in doing so.
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