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.

Award Detail

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.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

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

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The successful Contractor’s performance will be managed as per the specification. and regularly monitored. 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 grounds for termination of the contract at the Contractor's expense. In lieu of termination they may be issued with a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services Contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any Contractor in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or Notices of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise.