Published date: 5 July 2019

Last edited date: 5 July 2019

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: 15 July 2019

Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£50,000 to £53,000

Procurement reference

CCC/June2019

Published date

5 July 2019

Closing date

15 July 2019

Contract start date

1 September 2019

Contract end date

31 December 2021

Contract type

Supply 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

Background and aims

Cumbria Chamber of Commerce has for some years now run the Cumbria Business Growth Hub project. We now need to develop a training programme covering the whole of the county with the intention to start delivery from September 2019 for the next three years.

As part of this we are looking to develop a framework of experienced business trainers (individual trainers and/or training organisations) across a range of topics to facilitate and present training workshops across Cumbria. The Growth Hub programme is delivered around the county by Cumbria Chamber of Commerce with funding from Sellafield Limited, Carlisle City Council, South Lakeland District Council and the European Regional Development Fund.

Specific requirements

Training/workshops delivered will need to be tailored to meet the needs of businesses looking to develop, grow and increase their supply chain activity.

Submissions should look to cover both full and half day options and we're particularly interested in the below areas, but would be open to other suggestions:

Sales/pricing
Productivity - techniques for improving
Social media including getting more enquiries from your website/social media bootcamp
Marketing in a day
Bid writing & responding to tenders
HR in a day
Finance in a day
E-commerce
Pitching your product
Product management in a day
Negotiation skills
Managing for growth
You will be required to:

Design and deliver any training/workshop materials, branded in line with Chamber and ERDF requirements
Ensure clients participating in the training/workshops fully complete all relevant paperwork
Work with the Chamber to generate interest in attending the training/workshops and engage people in signing up for support
Venue and refreshment costs will be arranged by the Chamber.

The successful organisation/individual will be responsible under the management of the Cumbria Business Growth Hub programme for designing, managing and delivering training, ensuring a highly professional service which meets the needs of participants and partners and contributes to the projects overall targets.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

Submissions should be sent by email to Lesley Robinson lesleyr@cumbriachamber.co.uk marked 'Confidential - Tender Enclosed' to reach us by no later than 9am on Monday 15th July 2019 with the intention for successful/unsuccessful responses being sent week commencing 29th July 2019. For proof of delivery please ensure you obtain and retain both a delivery and read receipt for your email.

About the buyer

Contact name

Lesley Robinson

Address

16-20 Lowther Street
CARLISLE
CA38DA
England

Telephone

0845 226 0040

Email

lesleyr@cumbriachamber.co.uk

Website

https://cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk/news/22133-cumbria-business-growth-hub-trainers