Published date: 14 January 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 16 December 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business development consultancy services - 79411100

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£160,000

Procurement reference

HULLCC001-DN447565-45228661

Published date

14 January 2020

Closing date

16 December 2019

Contract start date

3 February 2020

Contract end date

31 May 2021

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 Humber Business Growth Hub (HBGH) #GrowMySME programme is seeking the delivery of a Workshop programme to SME owners and employees across the Humber LEP Region.

The workshop programme will involve the provision of a series of one day (8 hours), half day (4 hours) face-to-face workshops plus One to One and One to Many Masterclasses (2 hours).

The #GrowMySME workshop programme is divided into two delivery streams (Lots).

Lot 1: Accessing Finance - including but not limited to Dashboards and Management Information, Negotiation skills, Preparing and selling your business, Business networking for financial growth, Meet the business angels, Presenting and pitching with confidence, Applications of Fin Tech and Fin Tech funding, Funding festival, How to avoid financial fraud, Building an investable sales plan for financial growth, How to assess the competition and turn their strengths into financial gain and Dragons Den Style Masterclasses.


Lot 2: Information and Communications Technology - including but not limited to Cloud-based computing, integrated digital Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources, E-Commerce and Accountancy Systems, Connectivity and mobile working, Internet of Things, Big data for SMEs, Cyber-security and resilience to threat, New technological developments, including automation, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality.

Each lot will be awarded to a single supplier.

The Humber Business Growth Hub's #GrowMySME Workshop Programme is part of the three schemes that have been approved under a response to competitive calls for European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) projects released by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government for the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Programme.

The Humber Business Growth Hub (HBGH) is part of the Humber LEP which provides quick and easy access to local and national resources along with information to support businesses to start, sustain and grow.

The Service Provider shall be expected to deliver high quality workshop activities to SMEs across the whole of the Humber Geography. It is intended that the #GrowMySME Workshop Programme will be recognised as a high impact programme of support.

It is anticipated that the Workshop Programme shall be delivered from February 2020 with SME businesses benefiting from the programme until its close in May 2021.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Humber Business Growth Hub - #GrowMySME Workshop Programme - Finance for Growth and ICT for Growth Schemes

  • Opportunity
  • Published 15 November 2019


Award information

Awarded date

10 January 2020

Contract start date

13 January 2020

Contract end date

31 May 2021

Total value of contract

£160,000

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Wining Pitch Trading Limited

Address

Manchester,
M27 6DB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Won Lot 1 - Accessing Finance

Winning Moves Limited

Address

West Midlands,
B1 2ND

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Won Lot 2 - ICT


About the buyer

Contact name

Ruth Carter

Address

Room 94, The Guildhall
Alfred Gelder Street
Hull
HU1 2AA
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1482615135

Email

ruth.carter@hullcc.gov.uk

Website

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk