The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Acceleration Support (previously Incubation Support

UK-London: Research and development services and related consultancy services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
       1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2072152967, Email: acceleration.support@beis.gov.uk
       Main Address: https://www.delta-esourcing.com, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
       NUTS Code: UK
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:    
   General public services

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Acceleration Support (previously Incubation Support    
          Reference number:
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is intending to procure an acceleration support administrator and provider to help facilitate acceleration support services for up to 200 SME’s in the upcoming Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP).

Acceleration support focusses on identifying and filling skills gaps within companies that may prevent them from bringing innovations to market effectively, whilst also providing specialist advisors to support companies in the development of appropriate knowledge and skills. The contractor will be responsible for the administration and provision of bespoke incubation support services to BEIS funded companies. The service will provide support to companies working across a wide range of technology areas, as such it is expected that the service will offer up-to-date, technology-relevant expertise which will effectively inform and advise companies towards commercialisation.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 9,650,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description    
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      BEIS seek a contractor to deliver acceleration support services for up to 200 SMEs in the upcoming BEIS Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP). It is expected that the NZIP will fund many SMEs through its innovation programmes. To ensure best value for money from these projects, incubation support will be offered alongside their project deliverables, thereby increasing the capability of companies to exploit & commercialise their specific technology.
The contractor will be responsible for both the administration & provision of Acceleration Support services, identifying & filling skills gaps within companies that currently prevent them from bringing innovations to market efficiently. It is expected the contractor will be able to identify Acceleration advisors who have the knowledge and expertise to provide bespoke & strategic advice to companies.
A supplier engagement day was held in October 2021 – please contact acceleration.support@beis.gov.uk for outputs from this event.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      An ITT with the full contract requirements will be published in the last two weeks April 2021, with the contract being awarded in July 2021. Interested parties should register their interest for this work by emailing acceleration.support@beis.gov.uk with the subject heading “Acceleration Support ITT”.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         05/04/2021
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=578291204
GO-2021311-PRO-17915176 TKR-2021311-PRO-17915175        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 11/03/2021