Published date: 10 September 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: 20 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0 to £49,000

Procurement reference

02177-2019

Published date

10 September 2019

Closing date

20 September 2019

Contract start date

13 October 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

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

WMCA are pleased to invite bids for the provision of Creative Scale up Workshops and Events Programme. The 'Creative Scale Up Programme,' which is being delivered by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) in partnership with the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP,) the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) and the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership (BCLEP.) The Programme is a two year pilot that is funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. The purpose of this initiative is to deliver an intensive business support programme for creative businesses aimed at tackling gaps in investment and growth in the sector. The programme will be running until October 2021.

The target market for the Programme are Creative Businesses with a minimum of 8 staff (including freelancers) which broadly encompasses the four following categories:

• Creative Content (e.g: Film, TV, Radio, Gaming, AI, VR Businesses)
• Creative Originals (Design e.g: Fashion, Jewellery Design Businesses)
• Creative Services (e.g: Marketing, PR, Architecture, Publishing Businesses)
• Creative Experiences (e.g: Museums, Galleries, Performing Arts Organisations etc...)

Targets and KPI's to be delivered over the 2 year pilot are as follows:
• 200 Creative (CI) Businesses to be enrolled onto the Programme
• Minimum of 4 cohorts to run across the West Midlands
• New investment obtained (including equity investment.)
• New jobs created

The requirement is split into 7 available lots and bidders may submit an invitation to tender response for one, some or all lots. Lots will be evaluated on a per lot basis and the highest overall scoring supplier will be appointed against each lot.

Evaluation will be based on 70/30 Quality/Price. please refer to the attached Tender Document for full details of the requirement along with details of the quality and price questions for each lot.

To express an interest in this opportunity, please register on our e-tendering portal. Further details are included within this notice. The deadline to respond is 20th September 2019.

More information

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In order to obtain further details of this opportunity, please register your company on our e-tendering portal. Registration is free of charge and takes around 5 minutes.

Once registered, please express an interest in the following project and ITT within the portal:

Project: project_299- WEST MIDLANDS CREATIVE SCALE UP WORKSHOPS & EVENTS PROGRAMME

ITT: itt_698 - ITT: WEST MIDLANDS CREATIVE SCALE UP WORKSHOPS & EVENTS PROGRAMME

Closing Date: 20/09/2019 12:00:00

About the buyer

Address

16 Summer Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B193SD
England

Telephone

0121 214 7354

Email

procurement.team@wmca.org.uk

Website

https://www.wmca.org.uk/procurement