Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-14
Buyer: Wales Co-operative Centre
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66171000 | 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services | 73220000 | 79100000 | 79221000
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-02-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Centre requires the services of organisations to provide specialist consultancy services to the Centre and Social Businesses who wish to grow. Depending on future funding the Centre may also require organisations to provide some specialist consultancy services to new start social businesses, social care co-operatives and housing co-operatives.
On the basis of this tender proposal, one or more organisations will be added to a Framework Agreement for consultancy services. The Centre requires organisations to provide specialist organisational development consultancy and training.
A key aspect of the Service will be to support the Centre and its clients to enable them to improve their business activity, providing specialist knowledge and skills that would not be available through mainstream business support.
The Framework Agreement and Service provision will commence 1.4.2016 and will run until 31.3.2019 in the first instance, subject to continued EU and Welsh Government funding. Any extension beyond this will be dependant on the Centre securing future funding and/or the requirements within those programmes. Any extension will be subject to approval by the Centre.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=39417
ACCA, AAT or CIMA Membership. Extensive experience of drafting financial projections and advising businesses.
Experience of working with clients to develop clear organisational strategies and experience of facilitating group strategic planning sessions.
CCAB qualified. Extensive experience of advising businesses in areas such as: corporation tax; VAT; company valuations; financial planning and critically reviewing financial information; access to finance to support employee buy-outs and other social business investment needs; forensic analysis of management accounts; and company restructuring.
Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). Extensive experience of writing and implementing marketing plans, strategies, market research and advising businesses.
Also experience in advising businesses in areas such as: branding, pay per click; affiliate marketing; use of banners; use of different social media applications; web design; search engine optimisation; online marketing strategy development; e-commerce; hosting; smart phone applications and site accessibility (to WAI 2.0 standard ‘A’ as a minimum).
Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD). Extensive experience of analysing and writing relevant policies, procedures and employment documents and advising business in all areas of HR including Equality and Diversity policies).
Extensive experience of advising businesses as well as writing and supporting the business planning process.
Extensive experience of supporting clients to develop or improve a sustainable development strategy including environmental policy, actions plans and Eco-code.
Extensive experience of designing and delivering business planning learning and development interventions.
Extensive experience of designing and delivering financial planning learning and development interventions.

Eligibility requirements: (1) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process. (1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance. (2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
(1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance. (2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.