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

2.1

Title

Final Project Evaluation Services for the Digital Processing Centre of Excellence Project

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Description of the goods or services required

Bangor University has received funding to develop the DSP Centre of Excellence project through Specific Objective 1.1 of the West Wales and the Valleys ERDF Operational Programme. Total Project Costs are £5.947m (ERDF £3.925m). The associated result indicator is ‘Research income for HEIs’.

The Digital Signal Processing Centre of Excellence project will contribute to the delivery of one of the overall aims of the West Wales and the Valleys ERDF Operational Programme: to increase the success of Welsh research institutions in attracting competitive and private research funding, to take on new academic or industrial partners, and to address new opportunities or increasing international activity.

As part of the evaluation of the 2014-2020 round of ERDF funding, WEFO requires beneficiaries to undertake a robust programme of monitoring and evaluation. This operation is subject to three evaluative phases: the inception, mid-term and final stage - this contract notice is for the final, impact stage, evaluation. The initial baseline and mid-term evaluation reports are available on request. Consultants who are bidding for this final evaluation contract should consider reviewing the baseline and mid-term evaluation reports in order to gather comprehensive understanding of the elements that are being monitored.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

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

Welsh

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:123951)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: WEFO Funded ERDF Project.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice