Published date: 24 February 2017
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£10,000 to £65,000
Procurement reference
Rural Enterprise Programme
Published date
24 February 2017
Closing date
30 December 2018
Contract start date
31 December 2018
Contract end date
31 March 2019
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other:
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Rural Enterprise Programme will consist of grants to support SMEs to sympathetically convert under-utilised buildings, transforming them into productive workspaces that increase productivity and create jobs. See EU definition of SME https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en
The programme is intended to target 50 businesses with an anticipated maximum grant of £65000 per business. Grant Recipient SMEs will provide 60% of match funding. Total overall project funding available is £2m.
This notice is to alert the market to this opportunity. No further notices will be issued. The maximum grant will be £65000 and as such this procurement is not subject to The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Full details of the evaluation criteria and scoring mechanism are available in the Grant Application Forms.
More information
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Please note that the start date for this opportunity is 24/02/2017 and not 31/12/18 as shown in the Summary Information. Grant information and application forms can be requested forthwith.
Further details and grant application forms can be requested by emailing: REP@staffordshire.gov.uk
About the buyer
Contact name
Hilary Foxley, Rural Enterprise Programme Manager
Address
Staffordshire Place 2,
Tipping Street
Stafford
ST16 2DH
England
Telephone
01785 277400
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