Published date: 17 November 2021

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early. This could be due to a change of circumstances.


Closing: 25 November 2021, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

  • Training services - 80500000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£40,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

T21028

Published date

17 November 2021

Closing date

25 November 2021

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

4 January 2022

Contract end date

30 September 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?

No


Description

The GC Business Growth Hub wishes to appoint a number of service providers to enter into a Framework Agreement for the delivery of specialist services; the opportunity has been divided into eleven lots as detailed below.

The Workshops are to be delivered by experts in their field and this invitation to tender is to create a panel of such experts which the GC Business Growth Hub can use throughout the programme.

We plan to run each Workshop every two months and bookings will be taken for up to 16 delegates, made up of people in the process of establishing a business.

Lot 1 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Taking a Product to Market
Lot 2 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Sales
Lot 3 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Tendering for Contracts
Lot 4 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Social Media
Lot 5 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Digital Marketing
Lot 6 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Understanding Employment Law
Lot 7 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Understanding Commercial Law
Lot 8 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Market Research
Lot 9 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Marketing and Promotion
Lot 10 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Pitching
Lot 11 - Specialist Workshop Delivery - Finance

Bidders can bid for one or a number of the Lots available

The Framework will be for an initial period commencing from the 4th January 2022 until the 30th September 2023, with an option to extend for 2 further periods of one year each.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Delivery of Specialist Business Support Workshops

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 November 2021

Additional text

You are required to make your ITT submission via The Growth Company In-tend e-tendering platform. Intitially you will need to complete a basic registration as a supplier on the In-tend Supplier Platform (see link above). Please note that all mandatory fields (highlighted in yellow on the In-Tend Portal) must be completed in order to register your organisation.
Once registered, you must log into the system, express your interest in the opportunity on In-Tend and automatically download the ITT documentation. Your ITT submission will be made on the In-tend Portal.


About the buyer

Contact name

Nick Batty

Address

Lee House
90 Great Bridgewater Street
MANCHESTER
M1 5JW
England

Telephone

0161 237 4044

Email

Nick.Batty@businessgrowthhub.com

Website

https://www.businessgrowthhub.com/tenders