Published date: 23 August 2024

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: 9 September 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • General management consultancy services - 79411000

  • Business development consultancy services - 79411100

  • Financial management consultancy services - 79412000

    • Marketing management consultancy services - 79413000

    • Training facilities - 80520000

    • Training programme services - 80521000

    • Training seminars - 80522000

    • Tutorial services - 80590000

Location of contract

M15JW

Value of contract

£46,000

Procurement reference

GC25 - 009-90

Published date

23 August 2024

Closing date

9 September 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

23 September 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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?

Yes

Description

GC Business part of The Growth Company (GC) and is seeking to establish a small framework of business support consultancy and workshop/masterclass providers in St Helens targeting business growth.

GC Business is looking for experienced Workshop Facilitators and Specialist Business Advisers who can work with ambitious and inquisitive leaders of growth companies to help build their capacity to achieve growth or breakdown the barriers to growth throughout the duration of the programmes outlined.

St Helens Business Support Service - Workshop Delivery, Facilitation and Support:

1) Deliver and facilitate a monthly series of workshops in the months September 2024 to February 2025.
2) Deliver workshops that will cover one or more of the following; Tendering, Supply Chain Planning, Innovation, Digital Marketing, AI, other specialist business growth area

In addition to the above workshop/masterclass activity, we aim, under this framework to appoint a pool of associates that can provide business support on other specialist subjects such as Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Supply Chain, Financial Management, Workforce Development, Human Resources and general business support.

1) Assist businesses on a specialist topic to break down barriers and enable growth.
2) Provide specialist advice covering one or more of the following; Tendering, Supply Chain Planning, Innovation, Digital Marketing, AI or other areas that are proposed by the successful providers
3) Complete a pre-populated action plan detailing the support and advice provided.
4) Complete an assessment detailing impact of the support to enable growth using our templated document.
5) Document any recommended support to tools or brokerage to other services.
6) Have an up to date Standard DBS for individuals delivering to customers

To apply for this Invitation to Tender opportunity, please register as a supplier on the Panacea Supplier Platform at the following web address: https://app.panacea-software.com/growth

Once you have accessed the site, to view the opportunity you need to navigate to 'Register Interest', click the 'Participate' Button, then navigate to 'My Questionnaires' where you will be able to download the documents. Your ITT submission must be made on the Panacea Portal. Please ensure ALL sections of the Questionnaire are answered, this will then allow you to 'Submit' your bid. Any missing sections will remain 'In Progress' or 'Not Started' and not allow the bid to be submitted until they are completed.

The tender documents contain instructions and information for your tender, including specification of requirements, and the key assessment and evaluation criteria that will be used to assess offers. In addition, the contract conditions are enclosed.

The deadline for submission of the required documents is 17:00pm on Monday 9th September 2024.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Marc Ripley

Address

Lee House
90 Great Bridgewater Street
Manchester
M15JW
England

Email

marc.ripley@growthco.uk