Published date: 22 September 2017

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early. This could be due to a change of circumstances.


Closing: 12 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial and insurance services - 66000000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

SHEFCC001-DN299683-02214754

Published date

22 September 2017

Closing date

12 October 2017

Contract start date

1 November 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?

Yes

Description

The Launchpad programme is a £4m, three year, part ESIF funded programme, designed to increase the business stock in the Sheffield City Region (SCR) through the provision of pre start, start up and post start support. The programme is being delivered by by a consortium led by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC) with delivery partners, Sheffield City Council is a delivery partner along with Rotherham Borough Council, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, Bassetlaw District Council, Derbyshire Dales District Council and the Prince's Trust. Funding is provided by each delivery partner, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.
The programme is targeting economic growth through initiatives to develop entrepreneurial mind sets and skills to promote self-employment as a career option, and to equip individuals with the entrepreneurial knowledge, technical skills and competencies required to establish and run successful businesses. There is a perceived barrier to achieving and surpassing the VAT threshold of £85,000 for some early stage and smaller businesses that are close to that level of turnover.
We are looking for an organisation that would support a cohort of businesses whose turnover is currently less than £85,000 but are close to the threshold to do two things:
• Masterclasses covering all aspects of VAT in relation to becoming VAT registered. Demistifying the quirky rules surrounding VAT. Provide businesses with knowledge about the obligations, thresholds and when to register, compulsory or voluntary registration and flat rate versus cash accounting schemes.
• Followed by one to one growth business support for those businesses who are close to the VAT threshold. Working with the business to grow it significantly enough to surpass the threshold amount of £85,000 so that the businesses profit is not affected negatively.
The tender documents can be download from the Yortender website (www.yortender.co.uk) Please direct all queries via the messaging section of the portal.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of Launchpad Project VAT Threshold Masterclasses and Support

  • Opportunity
  • Published 22 September 2017

Additional text

The tender documents can be download from the Yortender website (www.yortender.co.uk) Please direct all queries via the messaging section of the portal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Goodacre

Address

Level 8
East Wing, Moorfoot
Sheffield
S1 4PL
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 7817464769

Email

chris.goodacre@sheffield.gov.uk

Website

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/