Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-20
Buyer: GM Business Support Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services | 79400000 | 80540000 | 90713000 | 90714000
Estimated value: 100000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: The Business Growth Hub wishes to appoint multiple consultants to enter into a Consultancy Bank Framework Contract for the Provision of Environmental Consultancy Services as set out below. Commissioned consultancy services will be delivered as part of Business Growth Hub's Green Growth service.
The objectives of the environmental support from consultants will be to improve the competitiveness of recipient businesses through:
— Supporting businesses to implement renewable energy and other measures resulting in achieved cost and carbon savings.
Services will be delivered to SMEs in Greater Manchester across a range of business sectors and technical specialisms that may include but are not limited to 1 or more of the following areas:
Details of the financing conditions and payment arrangements will be set out in the framework documentation and the Invitation to Tender.
In the event of a group of organisations submitting an acceptable offer, it will be necessary for them to provide an undertaking that each company shall be jointly and severally responsible for the due performance of any frameworks and call-off contracts entered into with Business Growth Hub.
The tender must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions, by the deadline listed in Section IV.3.4) of this contract notice and as defined in the Tender Documentation.
The Business Growth Hub service helps ambitious business people to realise their growth potential by offering access to a range of practical services, from assessing growth options to unlocking finance or accessing experienced business mentors.
The Business Growth Hub service is offered by GM Business Support Limited, which is part of the Manchester Growth Company. The group employs over 1 000 staff and delivers more than 60 000 000 GBP of business support services annually and is accountable to the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).
The Business Growth Hub's Green Growth service (formerly ENWORKS) provides eco innovation, energy efficiency and low carbon sector development support to Greater Manchester SMEs.
For more information about Business Growth Hub, which is a trading name of GM Business Support Limited, please visit us at: http://www.businessgrowthhub.com
Tenders can be accessed and downloaded via the Business Growth Hub Website: http://www.businessgrowthhub.com/tenders.
The Business Growth Hub will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point of information on the decision to award the contract is communicated to bidders in accordance with Regulation 32A of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Any bidder wishing to appeal the decision to award the contract, or after the award of the contract, appeal the award, shall have the rights as set out in Part 9 of the Public Contract Regulations.

Eligibility requirements: The tender must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions, by the deadline listed in Section IV.3.4) of this contract notice and as defined in the Tender Documentation. The tender must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions, by the deadline listed in Section IV.3.4) of this contract notice and as defined in the Tender Documentation. The tender must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions, by the deadline listed in Section IV.3.4) of this contract notice and as defined in the Tender Documentation.
The tender must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions, by the deadline listed in Section IV.3.4) of this contract notice and as defined in the Tender Documentation.