Published date: 3 August 2021

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 20 August 2021

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

East of England

Procurement reference

CO0004

Published date

3 August 2021

Closing date

20 August 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Our Economic Growth team is excited to be developing a new proactive, commercially astute and tech savvy inward investment service fit for a post Covid and post Brexit Essex. We want to understand Essex's strengths, its competition and how inward investment decision making has been impacted by current economic and environmental conditions and wish to work collaboratively with inward investment specialists to shape and deliver a world class service. We are planning to go out to tender for:

• a comprehensive assessment of the current innovation support landscape in Essex.
• to benchmark Essex against peers and best practice areas both in UK and further afield.
• to recommend an approach to address the perceived Innovation support shortcomings within Essex based on a 'gold, silver & bronze' type approach weighing in estimated associated costs and benefits.

In July the UK Government published its UK Innovation Strategy, and this will need to be contextualised in any work, but the outputs required will be Essex specific.

The above should fully embrace a collaborative partnership approach across Essex.

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Responses to the questionnaire should be e-mailed to Michael Veasey, michael.veasey@essex.gov.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Veasey

Address

COUNTY HALL
CHELMSFORD
CM1 1QH
England

Email

michael.veasey@essex.gov.uk