Published date: 6 December 2021

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.


Closing: 16 December 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

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Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-100-3550-QU541

Published date

6 December 2021

Closing date

16 December 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 January 2022

Contract end date

9 September 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Council requires an organisation to take a role of an URBACT Local Group (ULG: https://urbact.eu/urbact-local-groups) Coordinator and provide expert advice and support to the Council in convening a group of local stakeholders (comprising of Birmingham Anchor Network and local third sector and social economy partners) to facilitate transfer of best practice locally and abroad.

The organisation will collaborate with the Birmingham Anchor Network on two themes:
1. unlocking job opportunities within the Anchor Network (predominantly NHS) for east Birmingham residents;
2. opening opportunities for social businesses and local SMEs to bid and be awarded contracts for public sector tender opportunities.
The Council expects that the successful organisation has connections and experience with the Anchor Network organisations (see list of Anchor organisations here: https://cles.org.uk/news/birmingham-anchor-network/) and a track record of bringing together the appropriate stakeholders, domestically and internationally to deliver similar activities those listed above. They will also need to identify and demonstrate the following:

- Track record of working and delivering projects in East Birmingham and a strong understanding of the local networks, partnerships and projects delivered in East Birmingham by the Council and its stakeholders;
- Proven record of delivering employment projects, focused work with large employers, including unlocking public sector employment opportunities;
- Proven record of working with the Birmingham social enterprise sector and an excellent knowledge of the social enterprise sector in the UK and abroad;
- Experience of working with large public sector bodies (preferably members of the Birmingham Anchor Institution Network); and, specifically, experience of working with public sector Employment/HR and with Procurement Teams;
- Experience of working with public sector contractors who are obliged to deliver social value as part of their contracts;
- Ability to assess business's readiness to bid for public sector contracts;
- An excellent knowledge of the USE-IT (Unlocking Social and Economic Innovation) methodology that is underpinning the delivery of the East Birmingham Inclusive Growth Programme;
- Proven experience of working on EU funded projects and R&D/innovative projects;
- Experience in the facilitation of local and transnational exchange.

This contract will be for a period of 8 months commencing in January 2022 and completing on 9th September 2022, the closure date for the funding. The contract will be awarded to one organisation and it should be noted that one organisation will be lead bidder and the contracting entity

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express a...

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Links

Additional text

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Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Manjit Samrai

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 0349

Email

manjit.samrai@birmingham.gov.uk