UK SBS BLOJEU-CR140040INNUK Economic Evaluation

The UK Catapult centres are independent, not-for-profit, technology & innovation centres set up by Innovate UK on behalf of the UK government with the headline objective of closing the gap between concept and commercialisation to drive UK economic growth. They do this by providing a national R&D capability that provides concentrated expertise, access to cutting-edge equipment and specialist facilities to develop and test ideas in reality. They also act as industry convenors and thought leaders, bringing together business, academia and government to drive innovation and unlock markets.

Each Catapult specialises in a different area of technology which the UK has genuine potential to generate growth in strategically important global markets. Catapults all offer innovative facilities and expertise to enable businesses and researchers to collaboratively solve key problems and develop new products and services on a commercial scale. The Catapult vision is to bridge the gap between these ambitious businesses and the expertise of the UK’s world-class research communities.

Catapults exist to:

The aim is for Catapults, once mature, to operate on a 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 funding model, whereby one third of their funding is core government funding, one third is competitively won from national and EU funding and the final third comes from commercial contracts. Innovate UK core funding is currently set at £10m per annum per Catapult, excluding one-off additional spending bids.

Each Catapult agrees a five year plan for achieving increased economic growth in their respective sector with Innovate UK, and reports a quarterly set of key performance metrics (KPIs) to enable Innovate UK to monitor their progress against those strategies.

There are currently seven Catapult centres, although only four of those existing Catapults are included within this tender:

This aim of this project is to produce four reports – one for each of the Catapults listed above. Each Catapult report will comprise of three elements:

Additional information: UK Shared Business Services eSourcing

As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS can use the CCS eSourcing Suite for future procurements.

If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link ‘Register for CCS eSourcing’. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing 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; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.

The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.

As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk : Telephone: 0345 010 3503

Training documents to support Bidders utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.