Published date: 17 January 2020

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: 21 February 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£84,000,000 to £127,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_225716/828481

Published date

17 January 2020

Closing date

21 February 2020

Contract start date

29 January 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

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

The Department for International Trade is looking to appoint Regional Delivery Partners to provide Enhanced International Trade Advisory (EITA) Services including local face-to-face support across England aimed at helping UK businesses to internationalise through starting or extending exporting and doing so faster and more successfully.

The current International Trade Advisory (ITA) Service is delivered by seven delivery partners over nine English regions. The DIT is procuring five (5) new contracts to provide an "Enhanced" service that will ensure service continuity and make pragmatic improvements that will substantially improve the value delivered and respond to the ambition set out in the Government's Export Strategy of 2018.

The five (5) regions are: North of England, the Midlands, London, the South & East and the South & West. Each region will be procured as a separate lot.

More information

Links

Additional text

Further details of the services can be found in the procurement documents which are accessible by expressing interest in the opportunity via DIT's procurement portal.

About the buyer

Address

Windsor House, 50 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0LT
England

Email

enhancedITAservice-marketengagement@trade.gov.uk

Website

https://uktrade.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=47269