Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-21
Buyer: Procurement Lincolnshire
Country: UK
Region: Lincolnshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66171000 | 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services | 73220000 | 79400000 | 79410000
Estimated value: 1557280 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-06-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: Delivery of a strategic and comprehensive business growth support programme, tailored to the specific needs of eligible SMEs within Lincolnshire via the Business Lincolnshire Growth Hub.
The Hub will provide information, covering all sectors and growth stages through a collaborative partnership approach to business support, growth and advice. It will also provide a single access point to a targeted package of information, diagnostic, advisory, coaching, mentoring and business development programmes.
Growth Hubs are locally-led partnerships that coordinate business, innovation and trade support within a Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area and make it simple for businesses to access the support they need. They aim to bring together all of the local bodies involved in supporting businesses, working with national bodies such as UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and Innovate UK to ensure that national and local business support works together in the most streamlined and effective way possible, putting the business customer at the centre of the system.
Specifically, they raise awareness of national and local business support, provide a single access point for businesses and provide a diagnostic and signposting service to make sure that all businesses, no matter what their size or sector, knows what is available and can access the right support for them.
Through the Business Lincolnshire Growth Hub, Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) wish to develop and deliver a strategic and comprehensive business growth support programme, tailored to the specific needs of eligible SMEs within Lincolnshire.
The Business Lincolnshire Growth Hub will provide information, covering all sectors and growth stages through a collaborative partnership approach to business support, growth and advice. It will also provide a single access point to a targeted package of information, diagnostic, advisory, coaching, mentoring and business development programmes.
The Business Lincolnshire Growth Hub will incorporate all of the business support activity that has previously been delivered under discrete brand names. These include:
The Contract will be let for an initial period of 3 years intended to commence on Monday 11.7.2016 with the option to extend for 2 further periods of up to 3 years each, up to a maximum contract period of 9 years, dependent on performance and further funding.
Included is the option to extend for 2 further periods of up to 3 years up to a maximum contract period of 9 years, dependent on performance and further funding being received.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Lincoln:-Business-development-consultancy-services./7D5423B4ZV

Eligibility requirements: As described within the procurement documentation.

Award value: 1557280