Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-30
Buyer: GM Business Support Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48210000 | 48220000 | 48600000 | 48800000
Estimated value: 350000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Business Growth Hub wishes to appoint a provider to enter into enter into a Single Framework Contract for the delivery of Stage 2 of the Digital Transformation project.
A key development partner organisation is required to have involvement in the scoping, specifying, prototyping, building and implementing phases on the below headline recommendations to complete the second stage of the overall project. The Hub has been awarded 1 000 000 GBP capital funding by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to enable the enhancement of the digital offer to companies across Greater Manchester. The investment in digital infrastructure is being split into several projects within an overall Digital Transformation project ensuring unified data integration across all platforms and enabling increased efficiency and flexibility in the delivery of the Hub services.
All services are to be completed by March 2017 however the contract has an option to extend for an one year subject to further funding being available.
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).
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.