Published date: 7 October 2022

This notice was replaced on 5 December 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 5 December 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Business development consultancy services - 79411100

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£20,000

Procurement reference

SP/SEMS- 10/2022

Published date

7 October 2022

Closing date

21 October 2022

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

16 November 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Private procurement rules

Supply chain notices are business-to-business transactions and are not bound by the same rules and restrictions as public sector contracts. The UK government is not responsible for the conduct of such procurement.

Description

Seetec Pluss Ltd is seeking to work with a partner to provide support, advice and mentoring to specific individuals (known as 'participants') who are referred to our services, with regards to exploring self-employment opportunities / ideas that they have developed, moving them towards the creation of a Business Plan, with an expectation of them actually setting up and running that business.

The Agreement shall be for a period of up to 5 months from the date of contract, with the last meetings under the scheme happening by 31st March 2023 at the latest. It is expected that there are likely to be less than 100 referrals in what is in essence a 'pilot' of this requirement within our business.

All supplier responses are to be made via e-mail in the stipulated format and application. Any deviation from this may inhibit our ability to assess your submission, any may result in disqualification from further review.
No hard copy is to be submitted in response to this RFP unless specifically requested by the originator of the RFP named in the "Contact Details" section.
By submitting a response to this RFP suppliers/contractors accept all of the provisions of this document including service level expectations and the application of Seetec Pluss terms and conditions of purchase

Further details are contained within the Attached RFP document

More information

Attachments

  • Appendix 2 - SE Tender - Oct22.docx
  • Bid submission documents
  • Further opportunity to provide free-form submission details, commercial elements and respond to specific queries

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Jarvis

Address

Merriott House,1-4 Hennock Road Central
EXETER
EX28NP
England

Telephone

07548 096689

Email

AndrewJ.Jarvis@pluss.org.uk