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Published 14 Sept 2022, 12:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Wind Expert Support Toolkit (“WEST”) Programme Framework (2022)

Official notice

Authority: Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£500,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 17 Oct 2022awarded 9 Dec 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Acting on behalf of the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership, the ORE Catapult has launched

this framework tender to deliver the Wind Expert Support Toolkit ("WEST"). Funding for the

activities conducted by the OWGP are provided by the Offshore Wind Industry Council

(“OWIC”) – a key stakeholder in the successful realisation of the requirements of the UK

Offshore Wind Sector Deal.

The OWGP is a long-term business transformation programme that has been established as

part of the UK Offshore Wind Sector Deal. It will promote closer collaboration across the

supply chain, implement structured productivity improvement programmes and facilitate

shared growth opportunities between developers and the supply chain.

The WEST Programme Framework will be a low intensity intervention activity to be delivered

within the OWGP Business Transformation stream. This encompasses aspects of the

OWGP’s Business Competitiveness and Building New Capacity strands and aims to support

growth of offshore wind supply chain companies through specialist advice, market

intelligence and business planning. This is a short entry point foundation activity that will

include the provision of assessment, support, reporting and recommendations of next steps

and action plans for further support as and where required.

CPV: Business development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 10 suppliers · 8 bids received (0.8 per place) · 7 appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Wind Expert Support Toolkit (WEST) will be a low intensity intervention activity…AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000

The Wind Expert Support Toolkit (WEST) will be a low intensity intervention activity to be delivered within the OWGP Business Transformation stream. Encompassing themes including business competitiveness and building new capacity, the WEST Programme aims to support growth of offshore wind supply chain companies through specialist advice, market intelligence and business planning. WEST is a short, “foundation” activity that includes the assessment of a company’s needs, provision of support, feedback and recommendations of next steps and action plans for further support as and where this might be required. Despite being described as a “foundation” programme the term used is relative compared to the intensity of other OWGP support programmes. It follows that participant companies will range from low sector maturity to mature and even expert, requiring focused support to address their long-term strategic aims in Offshore Wind. WEST will be delivered by the Consultant (referred to in the programme as a Delivery Partner) and provide a handson needs-focused approach to business support. The WEST Programme will additionally provide OWGP with an understanding of the needs of the supply chain to better inform future intervention activities and business transformation offerings.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Future regional programmes may adopt a WEST “light” approach, supporting supply chain companies in a particular region which may alter the number of days support and average delivery effort. Where this may apply, Consultants would be notified in advance of engagement with a supply chain company assigned to a regionally funded programme. · The initial Term shall be for a period of twelve (12) months with an option to extend for a further period of up to eighteen (18) months, with an indicative start date of 21 November 2022.Variant bids: allowed
79411100 Business development consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Wind Expert Support Toolkit (“WEST”) Programme Framework (2022)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Sept 2022, 12:32 BST
Last source update
19 Dec 2022, 13:18 GMT
Award evaluation window
17 Oct 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN631193
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035837
Classification (CPV)
Business development consultancy servicesResearch and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03685e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
17 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
17 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com ↗

Timeline

17 Oct 2022 → 19 Dec 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    17 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    17 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    19 Dec 2022, 13:18 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Dec 2022, 13:18 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 7admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 88 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Dec 2022

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 035837-2022-OWGP/22/085-1

    Signed
    9 Dec 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
The Wind Expert Support Toolkit (WEST) will be a low intensity intervention activity…8bids · 8 electronic8—£1 – £500,000
Whole notice———£1 – £500,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Contracting authorityOffshore Renewable EnergyR&D Office 14, Bridge Innovation Centre, Pembrokeshire Science & Technology Park, Pembroke Dock, UK, SA72 6UNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeMediation bodyReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

7 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria