Published date: 16 February 2023

Last edited date: 22 March 2023

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 31 March 2023

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

Procurement reference

65954

Published date

16 February 2023

Closing date

31 March 2023

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This notice is to serve as information only to alert potential bidders to the upcoming opportunity to deliver Start Up Projects across the West Yorkshire region with the aim of supporting individuals to overcome a defined barrier that is (or has the potential to) preventing them from launching and establishing their own business.

Interested parties do not need to submit an expression of interest or respond to this notice, as the tender will be advertised as an open tender on Contracts Finder when it goes live.

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 from 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 project 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.
The total budget available for this development funding is £165,000, and bidding organisations can apply for up to a maximum of £25,000 to deliver a pilot business start-up project within West Yorkshire (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield districts).

About the buyer

Contact name

Catherine Land

Address

40-50 WELLINGTON STREET
LEEDS
LS12DE
England

Telephone

0113 348 1875

Email

catherine.land@westyorks-ca.gov.uk