Published date: 24 August 2020

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: 1 September 2020, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administration services - 75100000

Location of contract

LS1 2DE

Value of contract

£90,000 to £180,000

Procurement reference

PROJECT NO. CA1348

Published date

24 August 2020

Closing date

1 September 2020

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

21 September 2020

Contract end date

1 March 2021

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (the Combined Authority) and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has been awarded £1.8m to support businesses access specialist business support and small capital equipment across the whole of West and North Yorkshire (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield) and North Yorkshire (Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby and York). We are now looking for an organisation to manage and deliver this grants programme at pace, and in a compliant and value for money manner.

The Kickstarting Grants Programme will need to commence immediately and will run until the end of March 2021, with final grant applications to be appraised by the end of February 2021.

This Contract is partly financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and as such is ran in strict compliance with the applicable rules and principles set out within these funding arrangements.

The deadline for responses to this Invitation to Tender is 10am on 1st September 2020, but is subject to change at the Combined Authority's sole discretion.

Tender documents can be accessed through the Combined Authority's e-tendering portal In-Tend or via the Contracts Finder website. All Tenderer's will be required to register on In-Tend in order to access and download the Invitation to Tender and its associated documents.

Link to In-Tend - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westyorkshireca/aspx/Home

All Tender queries and/or correspondence shall be submitted through In-Tend at all times and any correspondence received outside of the process defined in the Invitation to Tender will be deemed 'Non-Compliant' and shall not be responded to by the Combined Authority.

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Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : EU

Funding Description

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Disley

Address

40-50 Wellington Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 2DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01133481928

Email

paul.disley@westyorks-ca.gov.uk

Website

www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk