Published date: 5 October 2023

This notice was replaced on 16 October 2023

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Opportunity (published 16 October 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£500,000

Procurement reference

NHM002-DN693065-04903614

Published date

5 October 2023

Closing date

6 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 January 2024

Contract end date

31 January 2027

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 Northumberland Small Business Service is delivered by Advance Northumberland delivering on behalf of Northumberland County Council. The project is part funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority Investment Fund and by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Rural England Prosperity Fund with the North of Tyne Combined Authority as the lead authority.

The Northumberland Small Business Service (NSBS) Programme will be delivered over a 3-year period from 1st April 2023 - 31st March 2026 which will deliver business diagnostic and brokerage services available to all small and micro businesses across Northumberland.

Advance Northumberland wishes to appoint a supplier that can provide a pool of Technical Specialists to work alongside the NSBS programme. The selected supplier will facilitate the provision of 1-2-1 advice to eligible businesses identified by the project and accepted onto the NSBS Programme.

In order to deliver the 1-2-1 specialist support effectively, we wish to appoint a supplier that can provide a pool of Technical Specialists specialised in the following themes:
• Business planning
• Financial planning/modelling
• New product development support
• Resilience planning
• Taxation and exemption
• Sales strategies and work winning
• Digital Marketing
• Digital Enablement and Transformation
• Subsidy control and procurement guidance
• Market opportunities and demand
• Supply chain efficiencies and requirements
• Succession planning.
• Legal structures
• Innovation
This support will equate to between 3-12 hours of eligible support per business depending upon their requirements.

The tender documents can be downloaded from www.procontract.due-north.com


More information

Additional text

The tender documents can be downloaded from www.procontract.due-north.com


About the buyer

Contact name

Daniel Warnock

Address

County Hall
Morpeth
NE61 2EF
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 7592271110

Email

Daniel.Warnock@northumberland.gov.uk

Website

http://www.northumberland.gov.uk