Published date: 2 August 2019

This notice was replaced on 18 October 2019

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Awarded contract (published 18 October 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Business development consultancy services - 79411100

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£375,000

Procurement reference

HULLCC001-DN386466-77435267

Published date

2 August 2019

Closing date

3 September 2019

Contract start date

1 November 2019

Contract end date

30 September 2021

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?

No


Description

The Humber Business Growth Hub (HBGH) #GrowMySME programme is seeking the delivery of a Workshop programme to SME owners and employees across the Humber LEP Region.

The workshop programme will involve the provision of a series of half day (4 hours) and one day (7 hours) face-to-face workshops and one to one masterclasses (2 hours).

The #GrowMySME workshop programme is divided into five delivery streams (Lots).

Lot 1: Sales & Marketing - including but not limited to strategic & tactical marketing planning, social media marketing, pricing, research, GDPR, bid writing, customer service

Lot 2: Business Processes - including but not limited to lean office productivity, HR regulations & compliance, workforce planning, health & safety compliance, business planning, start-up

Lot 3: Leadership, Innovation & Culture - including but not limited to management styles, effective leadership culture, scale-up mind set

Lot 4: Accessing Finance - including but not limited to developing a winning pitch, understanding the investment process, equity finance, crowd funding developing business plans for investment, funding business growth

• Lot 5: Information and Communications Technology - including but not limited to Cloud-based computing, integrated digital Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources, E-Commerce and Accountancy Systems, Connectivity and mobile working, Internet of Things, Big data for SMEs, Cyber-security and resilience to threat, New technological developments, including automation, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality

Each lot will be awarded to a single supplier.

The Humber Business Growth Hub's #GrowMySME Workshop Programme is part of the three schemes that have been approved under a response to competitive calls for European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) projects released by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government for the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Programme.

The Humber Business Growth Hub (HBGH) is part of the Humber LEP which provides quick and easy access to local and national resources along with information to support businesses to start, sustain and grow.

Service Provider(s) shall be expected to deliver high quality workshop activities to SMEs across the whole of the Humber Geography. It is intended that the #GrowMySME Workshop Programme will be recognised as a high impact programme of support.

It is anticipated that the Workshop Programme shall be delivered from November 2019 with SME businesses benefiting from the programme until its close in September 2021.


More information

Additional text

The tender documents can be accessed via www.yortender.co.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Ruth Carter

Address

Room 94, The Guildhall
Alfred Gelder Street
Hull
HU1 2AA
England

Telephone

+44 1482615135

Email

ruth.carter@hullcc.gov.uk

Website

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk