CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

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Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

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Title

A Report into the Industrial demand for Academic support and solutions in Photonics Technologies

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Description of the goods or services required

Output / Objectives

Commission an independent report consulting companies across all of Wales and covering all sectors in order to establish the level of interest with respect to extending the Photonics applications and capacities support currently offered in the West Wales and the Valleys (WWV) region through the The Centre for Photonics Expertise (CPE) program.

The report should also cover the extent of industrial collaboration opportunities and outlets for the type of collaborative projects initiated by the CPE program.

Deliverables

Final outcome would be to establish the level of demand and scope of industrial challenges within Welsh companies and organisations utilising the capacities and capabilities available within the CPE academic partners facilities.

The outcome will support and define the level of resources required to deliver on industrial requirements from academia in order to gain maximum economic benefit from potential funded research programs across Wales.

Provide information on funding requirements and favoured mechanisms required to support opportunities and collaborations between Industry & Academia post the current EU funded CPE operation. Using the CPE Model produce a report of possible future Industrial & Academic Research Projects.

Scope & Responsibilities

The supplier it to deliver a report to WGU, investigating the impact of potential continued activities building on CPE’s delivery in the WWV region. The report should investigate and inform a wider catchment (whole of Wales) of the CPE delivery format and investigate potential interest and industrial feedback on both the format of delivery and future requirement within their sector.

The successful bidder will, as part of the implantation process (kick off meeting) deliver a scope and approach outline presentation (max 6 slides).

The report should be sector wide and not specific to Photonics based companies but not to exclude these companies and organisations.

The CPE team want to investigate the best format to move forwards to ensure all companies within Wales get the opportunity to gain the benefit of the academic resource and technical capacity on specialist equipment within the partner university sites.

CPE want the report to deliver an industrial perspective of the potential benefits of having a Photonics Research Hub in Wales. This would offer a single point of reference with full access to Photonics technology solutions across all sectors through collaborative projects. See the CPE web site for case studies. https://cpe-wales.org/

The project should last 10 Weeks, with completion deadline for the work is w/c 26 September 2022.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=122400.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The maximum budget for this contract is £25,000.00 inclusive of VAT.

The findings and recommendations are expected to be presented to the CPE Management Team for review, with the key milestones below:

1st draft of Report at week 8: w/c 12 September 2022

2nd draft of Report at week 9 : w/c 19 September 2022

Final Report at week 10: w/c 26 September 2022

Updates provided weekly to CPE on progress of the contract

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Relevant experience of delivering similar consultancy services

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

AS /WGU/EB080622

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

(WA Ref:122400)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice