Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-30
Buyer: Tees Valley Combined Authority
Country: UK
Region: Tees Valley and Durham
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 75100000 | 79400000
Submission deadline: 2016-09-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: Tees Valley Combined Authority is currently applying for funding to deliver a programme of support to SMEs in the Tees Valley which will in part be financed through the European Regional Development Fund. If successful, TVCA will look to procure an organisation which will deliver against the Priority Axes 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the ERDF Operational Programme.
Funding is being sought from the 2014 to 2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme to support the delivery of the Service in Tees Valley based on an overall budget for delivery of the Service (excluding grants to companies but including management of the fund) of 3 286 000 GBP and a delivery period running from 1.1.2017 to 31.12.2019. In the event that the delivery period is foreshortened to run from 1.1.2017 to 31.12.2018, it is envisaged that the service would proceed, the contract sum would reduce to a minimum of 2 283 573 GBP and outputs, outcomes and required matched funding would reduce accordingly.
Tees Valley Combined Authority is desirous of increasing the scale and scope of the grant Fund in the future and therefore reserves the right to add up to a further 30 000 000 GBP to it, and, subject to the agreement of both parties, to extend the Fund management element of the project to accommodate this and also the time-scales.
— The delivery and management of the Tees Valley Business Fund, which will be a grant scheme for micro, small and medium sized enterprises, offering a range of grants. It will provide these grants to SMEs to support both revenue and capital funding, levering in private sector funding and enabling businesses in Tees Valley to create new jobs.
— The delivery and management of the growth hub for Tees Valley — Business Compass, which will include marketing, events, the management of a CRM system and the deployment of a team of Activators to provide Information, Advice and Brokerage service.
Funding is being sought from the 2014 to 2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme to support the delivery of the Service in Tees Valley based on an overall budget for delivery of the Service (excluding grants to companies but including management of the fund) of 3 286 000 and a delivery period running from 1.1.2017 to 31.12.2019. In the event that the delivery period is foreshortened to run from 1.1.2017 to 31.12.2018, it is envisaged that the service would proceed, the contract sum would reduce to a minimum of 2 283 573 GBP and outputs, outcomes and required matched funding would reduce accordingly.
Tees Valley Combined Authority is desirous of increasing the scale and scope of the grant Fund in the future and therefore reserves the right to add up to a further 30 000 000 GBP to it, and, subject to the agreement of both parties, to extend the Fund management element of the project to accommodate this, including extending the time-scales indicated at II.2.7) to accommodate this and increasing the value of the contract indicated at II.2.6) accordingly. Any additional services will be valued in accordance with the rate submitted in the tender.
To obtain documents please log onto the NEPO Portal, via www.nepoportal.org and locate the Tees Valley Combined Authority tender which will be located under the Stockton on Tees Borough Council opportunities. You will then be required to register your interest in the tender. If you are not registered you will need to complete the free of charge registration process before registering your interest and accessing the documents. Should you experience any technical difficulties please contact the NEPO/Due North Help-desk on +44 1670 597137. Once registered, all questions should be addressed via the messages facility on the NEPO portal.