Published date: 21 January 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: 1 March 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£6,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

CPSL301

Published date

21 January 2019

Closing date

1 March 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 December 2021

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?

No

Description

This RFT is for inclusion onto the preferred supplier list for supply of Business Growth Consultancy services to assist beneficiary SME companies ("Target SMEs") enrolled on the Propel2Grow (continuation) programme to enable businesses to identify and enact business growth initiatives which have the potential to improve GVA, job creation or launch new to firm products or services.
The nature of business growth consultancy can by its nature be diverse and we welcome applications from consultancy businesses that have a track record in any of the following specialisms (or any other business support consultancy that can be realistically aligned to the company achieving sustained growth):
• Leadership development
• Business strategy
• Vision, mission and values planning
• Employee engagement
• Cultural shift and readiness for change
• People and talent development
• Resource efficiency and effectiveness
• Marketing strategy, planning and implementation
• Sales and/or service strategy and implementation
• Optimisation of IT and Digital tools to enable growth / improve efficiency or effectiveness
• Innovation and ideation
• Development of new products - product lifecycle planning, prototyping, market testing
• Business Process Re-engineering e.g. to to improve efficiency, reduce error or waste
• Financial management and control

More information

Links

Additional text

How to apply:

Please apply directly to the buyer using the following the link to the website and follow the instructions given in the notice description or information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Jane Jones

Address

Britannic House St. James's Row
BURNLEY
BB111DR
England

Telephone

01282 832211

Email

procurement@vedas.co.uk

Website

http://www.vedas.co.uk/business-growth/tenders/