Published date: 12 April 2023

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: 12 May 2023, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Retail trade services - 55900000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

    • Miscellaneous business and business-related services - 79900000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£0 to £25,000

Procurement reference

20230412181222-103257

Published date

12 April 2023

Closing date

12 May 2023

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

29 May 2023

Contract end date

28 February 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is launching a competitive call for development projects and is seeking to award the winning bidders a maximum of £25,000 to deliver a pilot business start-up project within West Yorkshire (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield districts). Each organisation can apply for up to a maximum of £25,000. The total budget available is £100,000. This development fund is focused on providing support to help individuals overcome a defined barrier that is (or has the potential to) preventing them from launching and establishing their own business. The key objective of this fund is to ensure that anyone in West Yorkshire who wants to start a business can access good quality support and guidance to do so. Particularly individuals form our key demographics including (but not limited to): women, individuals from an ethnic minority, those who self-identify as having a disability, those with low education attainment and those from deprived areas of West Yorkshire. This call for projects aims to better understand the barriers that these individuals face and test the impact of targeted support aimed at helping these individuals overcome a defined barrier. Learnings from this call for project will be used to design future start-up provision.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Catherine Land

Address

Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street
Leeds
LS1 2DE
ENG

Telephone

+44 1133841875

Email

Catherine.Land@westyorks-ca.gov.uk

Website

https://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk