Published date: 10 January 2022

Last edited date: 11 January 2022

This notice was replaced on 15 November 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 15 November 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£25,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

0005

Published date

10 January 2022

Closing date

14 February 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 March 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Chichester is seeking an experienced provider of Summative Assessments to European Social Investment Fund (ESIF) and specifically European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) projects, to assess the University's Business Hothouse (BHH) programme that is being delivered under contract to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Key points of the Business Hothouse programme:
• The 3 year Business Hothouse contract started on 1 October 2019 and may be extended until 31 May 2023
• Its reckonable value is £10.9m, 50% of which is ERDF
• The Business Hothouse is a 50% ERDF funded programme of Business Support utilising the ERDF allocation from Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership.
• The BHH utilises consortium delivery with a lead partner (University of Chichester) and 6 other partners to ensure comprehensive and expert delivery of the programme.
• There are 6 strands of delivery to be assessed;
1. Business Start Up Support
2. Access to Finance Support
3. Leadership and Management Development
4. Monetisation of Innovation Support
5. Business Growth and Productivity
6. SME Grants Programme

About the buyer

Contact name

Rod Matthews

Address

Bishop Otter Campus,College Lane
CHICHESTER
PO196PE
England

Telephone

01243 816150

Email

tenders@chi.ac.uk

Website

https://help.chi.ac.uk/tenders