CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Invitation To Tender for the provision of a Business Case Review

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Life Sciences Hub Wales is currently developing a Business Case Plan (“the Plan”) for submission to Welsh Government to inform the Company’s remit and funding requirement to 2026.

The Plan will be aligned to Welsh Government health and social care policies (including A Healthier Wales, the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act and Prosperity for All National Strategy) and set in the context of the UK life sciences vision and draw on best practice internationally.

The Plan is intended to ensure Life Sciences Hub Wales’s activity:

- is aligned with stakeholder expectations;

- meets the needs of the health innovation ecosystem in Wales;

- reflects best practice internationally; and

- maximises the impact of the services offered by Life Sciences Hub Wales to enable accelerated adoption of healthcare innovation to deliver patient, economic and economic development benefits.

The Plan will address recommendations made following a project assurance review undertaken by Welsh Government earlier in 2021.

Life Sciences Hub Wales seeks to procure an external consultant (“the Contractor”) to work with the Life Sciences Hub Wales management team to assist with the development of the Plan.

Consultancy is sought from a contractor that has deep, existing knowledge and experience of:

- the life sciences sector and strategies in the UK and internationally for accelerated adoption of innovation;

- critical success factors for healthcare innovation ecosystems and the role of organisations similar to Life Sciences Hub Wales;

- access to data to meet the requirement as outlined; and

- a track record of supporting production of business cases to Government.

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=115631.

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.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The anticipated Contract value is up to £75,000 (excluding VAT).

Note that Life Sciences Hub Wales makes no commitment to the final value of the Contract or to the volume of work to be let under the agreement, if procured.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

LSHW/010/2021

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

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

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:115631)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice