DfE - Invest NI - Design, Management and Delivery of the Accelerator Programme

Concepts

• belfast
• research and development
• an accelerator programme
• the accelerator programme
• accelerator
• consultancy
• development sevices
• consultancy services
• northern ireland
• high growth innovation driven enterprises

Location

BELFAST

Description

Invest NI wishes to appoint a Contractor to design, develop, manage and deliver an Accelerator programme to support high growth Innovation Driven Enterprises (IDEs) to establish in Northern Ireland. This programme will represent a key component of the start-up ecosystem for IDEs in Northern Ireland.

Renewal Options

The initial contract period is for 2 years with the option to extend for a further 3 periods of up to 12 months each.

CPV Codes

• 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
• 73220000 - Development consultancy services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their. performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and their place on the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement. Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the Notice