Published date: 16 February 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 20 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

  • Miscellaneous business and business-related services - 79900000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£98,000

Procurement reference

BLACKDARW001-DN241660-49855033

Published date

16 February 2017

Closing date

20 March 2017

Contract start date

3 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Boost Business Lancashire is the County's Business Growth Hub, a local public/private sector partnership led by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership and Lancashire County Council, providing businesses access to a range of advice and funding programmes. Following an ERDF tender process Growth Lancashire won the contract to deliver the Growth Hub Gateway Service to 31st December 2018.

One of the four elements of the Gateway Service contract is to deliver business support in the form of an Information, Diagnostic and Brokerage (IDB) service to ERDF eligible businesses. Other elements of Growth Lancashire's contract consist of a Business Helpline Service, a Client Record and Tracking system, and a Growth Voucher programme.
This opportunity is for the delivery of the IDB service


More information

Links

Additional text

Tender documents available through www.the-chest.org.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Don Clarkson

Address

Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
Duke Street,
Blackburn
BB2 1DH
England

Email

don.clarkson@blackburn.gov.uk

Website

www.blackburn.gov.uk