Published date: 26 September 2017

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: 10 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business development consultancy services - 79411100

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£20,000

Procurement reference

50R17P01834

Published date

26 September 2017

Closing date

10 October 2017

Contract start date

16 October 2017

Contract end date

16 February 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

A tender opportunity has arisen to provide consultancy services to the project Innovation Vouchers at Aston University.
Aston University invites you to submit a quotation to deliver the required work.

This project is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the European Structural Investment Fund of 2014 to 2020.

To seek and engage with SME's within the GBS LEP area that fit the eligibility criteria, to support businesses to complete the Innovation Voucher Grant Application form, to ensure the business submits the completed application form to the key contact at Aston University and finally to support the business with the claim procedure to ensure they receive the grant.

This opportunity is open to 6 business engagement advisors. We require one business engagement advisor to support 20 businesses to complete the above objective, and another 5 business engagement advisors to each support 5 businesses to complete the above.

For SMEs to be eligible they must employ less than 250 people and have an annual turnover less than €50m or a balance sheet total less than €43m; more information can be found here. You will be required to work in GBSLEP area and/or in other LEP areas (The Black Country and The Marches) in both transitional and more developed areas.

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This project is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the European Structural Investment Fund of 2014 to 2020.

This tender is being offered under the Innovation Vouchers project.

In order to work with us you must accept our terms and conditions

All tender responses should be submitted in writing electronically to: Kavita Jeerh at k.jeerh@aston.ac.uk - no later than close of business Tuesday 10th October 2017.

About the buyer

Contact name

Kavita Jeerh

Address

Aston University
Aston Triangle
Birmingham
B4 7ET
England

Telephone

0121 204 4321

Email

k.jeerh@aston.ac.uk

Website

www.aston.ac.uk