Published date: 3 April 2018

Last edited date: 3 April 2018

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: 7 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

Enterprise Hub Strategic Partner Call 2018 - 2021

Published date

3 April 2018

Closing date

7 April 2018

Contract start date

1 December 2018

Contract end date

30 November 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?

Yes

Description

The Enterprise Hub is a transformational approach to encouraging and supporting entrepreneurship and business creation in Liverpool City Region. It is a coordinated package of business start-up support and is an integrated element of Liverpool City Region's Growth Hub, which is coordinated by LCR's Local Enterprise Partnership.

The Enterprise Hub will be responding to the forthcoming call for Business Support in the Liverpool City Region. The partnership has been in place since December 2015, and has successfully delivered enterprise culture, pre- start enterprise support and early stage business development through its collaborative approach.
This Partnership Call is to engage in an open and transparent process for delivery, community and strategic partners in the 2018 - 2021 phase. All interested partners suppliers are invited to respond

Strategic Partners are invited from organisations that can provide community engagement and policy support, contribute to local democratic accountability and governance and provide a minimum of 85% match, and up to 100% contribution to support service implementation. Once the full partnership is confirmed a standardised model of match may be applied.
The total eligible budget available is up to £20 Million (including any extension and dependent on EU Programme requirements). The programme is supported by European Regional Development Fund.
Enterprise Hub Strategic Partners will enable and improve;
• policy and strategy alignment to create the operational conditions to support more residents to become economically included and establish enterprises
• accountability, quality and alignment with local authority policy ambitions
• programme awareness and reach at an individual local authority district level across Liverpool City Region
• alignment with other public sector support services that will facilitate residents social and economic inclusion and drive enterprise creation
• connectivity to local public and community based services
• integration with other key mainstream policy areas
• overall engagement in support services in the Liverpool City Region that will help improve economic
• further investment in targeted local service delivery that will support residents within each local authority district
From December 2018 the Enterprise Hub will be led by The Women's Organisation who will act as accountable body and managing partner.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Laura Anderson

Address

The Women's Organisation
54 St James Street
LIVERPOOL
L1 0AB
England

Telephone

01517068111

Email

info@thewo.org.uk

Website

http://www.thewomensorganisation.org.uk/