Notice Information
Notice Title
Invitation to tender for a series of innovation focused events
Notice Description
MIDAS is the inward investment agency for Greater Manchester, providing free of charge advice and assistance to national and international organisations looking to locate in the area or expand their existing operations. MIDAS' services include the provision of market research and labour information, assistance with finding property, access to grants and help to recruit and train staff. The key deliverable of this project is for MIDAS to deliver between eight and ten topic led innovation focused events at regular intervals between November 2016 and September 2018 fostering collaborative relationships between SME's, large organisations, universities and public institutions. Each event should be focused on the relevant topic and should be located within Greater Manchester in locations relevant to the market sector. Each event should aim to attract between 10 and 20 individuals. Larger events will be considered but must have received approval from MIDAS at least three months before the event date. The agency will have full control over the timings for example breakfast/ daytime/ dinner events. The event will be chaired by an industry expert. Each event should be focused on a specific topic aligned to each of MIDAS's priority sectors as follows: 1. Digital, Creative and Technology 2. Advanced Manufacturing 3. Life Sciences 4. Smart Energy/ Low Carbon For each event MIDAS will require: 1. The development of a well-reasoned and fully developed theme and delivery plan for each event. 2. Development of the agenda. 3. Sector targeted key messages for each event. 4. Venue finding and booking. 5. Event logistics including event timings. 6. An account manager to attend events and run logistics. 7. Room dressing (where appropriate.) 8. AV booking (where appropriate.) 9. Pre event communication copy and design. This should include invitations and company/researcher profiles of all participants to be sent in advance of event. 10. Invitation responses to be managed. 11. A point of contact for any queries in relation to the events. 12. Post event communication copy and design including thank you email and follow up communications. 13. Content creation and design of event collaterals such as place cards, programmes, company information documents (where appropriate.)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-15579163-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/05f7cfb4-bba0-407f-bba0-d0f874bf7588
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79952000 - Event services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £48,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £48,000 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Nov 20169 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Sep 2016Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Aug 20169 years ago
- Contract Period
- 2 Oct 2016 - 31 Oct 2018 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE BUSINESS GROWTH HUB LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MANCHESTER
- Postcode
- M1 6EU
- Post Town
- Manchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD33 Manchester
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Manchester
- Electoral Ward
- Deansgate
- Westminster Constituency
- Manchester Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/05f7cfb4-bba0-407f-bba0-d0f874bf7588
24th August 2016 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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