Published date: 28 July 2021
Last edited date: 29 July 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000
Location of contract
East of England
Value of contract
£140,000
Procurement reference
CO0104 - 1
Published date
28 July 2021
Closing date
13 August 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
11 October 2021
Contract end date
10 October 2022
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
This tender is for the business digitising and e-commerce support element of the programme, including cyber security, which will add value to existing provision across North and Mid Essex, enabling more capacity into the system and targeted support.
The aim of this tender is to appoint a specialist organisation to deliver free business digital and e-commerce support across North and Mid Essex.
Essex County Council is managing this procurement on behalf of the NEEB partnership and the five individual contracts will run parallel to one another, under the NEEB Business Support & Skills Programme, with each procurement contracted and managed accordingly.
All bids must demonstrate their ability to deliver proportionately across the NEEB geography and must demonstrate the relevant knowledge, experience and skills required to deliver business digitising and e-commerce support.
This fund is responding directly to the needs of the business community, and it is expected that the programme will be delivered by October 2022.
Bids must demonstrate their ability to build capacity into the programme to continue to deliver business digitising and e-commerce support beyond October 2022 across the NEEB geography.
It is expected that the digitising and e-commerce support programme will align with the other programmes of support under the Business Support & Skills Programme, covering the six local authority geographies of Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Tendring and Uttlesford.
The primary purpose of the procurement opportunity is to deliver digital and e-commerce support that will create and safeguard jobs and support business growth and survival across North and Mid Essex.
Digital transformation is key to the recovery of businesses, with the need to switch to online platforms as alternative or additional sales channels. Supporting businesses to safeguard themselves during and post the pandemic is central to the NEEB Business Support & Skills Programme. Business digitisation should allow businesses to innovate and be agile in order to safeguard against any future disruption caused by the pandemic and to enable businesses to maximise opportunities to ensure that they not only survive but thrive. This digital support element of the programme will be required to take its place in the Essex business support landscape and needs to be tailored to address current requirements and demand.
Your tender submission must be submitted to the Authority electronically by publishing through this ITT
CO0104 Business Digitising and E-Commerce Support
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#
About the buyer
Contact name
Katie Elgie
Address
County Hall
CHELMSFORD
CM1 1QH
England
Telephone
07712356055
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