CR20063 - Strength in Places Fund (SIPF)

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · awarded 18 December 2020

Who

Buyer	UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED SWINDON
Supplier	FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED
Category	services
Classification	Research and development consultancy services CPV 73200000
Notice published	31 March 2026

What it is for

***Modification of the Contract*** 001 - Contract has been to modified to change original milestone for Phase 2 Baseline 002 - to extend the contract end date from 31 Dec 2026 to 31 March 2028 **** ** THIS TENDER IS CLOSED ** Award of contract via the CCS DPS Agreement RM6018 via further competition. DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have a requirement to procure a programme evaluation of the UKRI Strength in Places Fund (SIPF). The SIPF is a new competitive funding scheme that takes a place-based approach to research and innovation funding, to support significant regional economic growth. The aim of the evaluation is to inform ongoing and future improvements to the fund, to maximise the value of public funding (in particular, the possibility of future growth of the SIPF), to demonstrate what the fund delivered for taxpayers, and to help UKRI build the evidence base on 'what works' in place-based funding of Research and Innovation (R&I) as part of UKRI's wider efforts to understand 'what works' in R&I policy and delivery. The evaluation will consist of both impact and process evaluation, and will be at the fund-level, covering Waves 1 and 2 of the SIPF.

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