Published date: 19 September 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 16 April 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£0 to £160,000

Procurement reference

EDT - ENT. HUB - BA

Published date

19 September 2017

Closing date

16 April 2016

Contract start date

28 April 2016

Contract end date

30 November 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Enterprise Hub (EH) is a comprehensive entrepreneurship promotion and business support programme, which will foster the creation of new enterprises from pre start to early stage businesses. Providing assistance to 6360 potential-entrepreneurs and helping create 1272 new business ventures. The Enterprise Hub will reach and provide high quality business brokerage and business support services to a diverse customer profile ; resulting in the creation of high value SMEs and social businesses across all sectors and providing a simplified route for customers to access the support when and how they need it.
The Enterprise Hub is a consortium of partner organisations of which EDT is one
EDT's delivery strategy consists of utilising a multi-disciplinary enterprise team; currently comprising a Project Director, Senior Business Adviser and Finance and MI Manager. We are seeking to complete this team by looking to work with up to four (4) delivery sub -contractors (associate organisations or individuals) to provide business start-up support and enterprise engagement services; two (2) Business Advisers and two (2) Community Enterprise Facilitators. This notice relates ONLY to the procurement of Business Advisers.
Business Advisers will, in their role in EDT's Enterprise Hub team, support individuals to:
• Prepare a business plan, cash flow, and personal budget
• Marketing
• Market research / Competitor Analysis
• Sales Forecasting
• Advice on appropriate insurances
• Advice on appropriate premises
• Staffing requirements
• Legal requirements and Company Registration
• Access to Finance - signposting and supporting to access a loan/grant fund (if required) to supply a start-up financial package
A minimum of 12 hours of appropriately evidenced adviser support, a full business plan and evidence of start-up are required.
The complex nature of exclusion that people face requires additional investment to equalise opportunity in starting their own business. We are seeking Suppliers to engage with people from the following demographic profiles in Liverpool City Region:
• BME groups
• Disabled people
• NEET young people
• Long term unemployed people
• Lone parents
• Returners to the labour market
• Older people
• People in receipt of benefits
• People with language, literacy or numeracy issues
• Parents and carers
• People with limited access to public transport or living in deprived wards
• People with lack of access to finance and business networks
• People with poor credit rationing and access to business finance
• Any person who is experiencing social exclusion from mainstream service provision as a result of their personal circumstances
The target beneficiary group are people who face a range of barriers to enterprise, such as:
• Low confidence and self-esteem
• Unemployment, under-employed, unstable or temporary employment
• Low educational qualifications
• Lone Parents
• Benefit dependency
• Ex-Offenders

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Enterprise Hub - Business Start-Up Advisers

  • Opportunity
  • Published 17 March 2016

Links

  • www.edt.org.uk
  • Tender notice
  • Invitation to Tender (ITT) and further details are available from EDT's website

Award information

Awarded date

28 April 2016

Contract start date

29 April 2016

Contract end date

30 November 2018

Total value of contract

£150,000

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

One Economy Ltd

Address

129 Mount Road, Higher Bebington, Wirral, CH63 8PN.

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Collective Edge Ltd

Address

Everton Park Business Centre, 94 Great Homer Street
Liverpool, L5 3LF

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Williams

Address

Everton Development Trust
98 Great Homer Street
Liverpool
L5 3LF
England

Telephone

0151 298 2478

Email

andrew.williams@edt.org.uk

Website

www.edt.org.uk