Notice Information
Notice Title
Providers, Consultants and Associates for Skills for Growth - SME Support Programme
Notice Description
GMBS would like to procure providers, consultants, and associates to assist in the delivery of Skills for Growth - SME Support Programme. Skills for Growth - SME Support is a fully funded, tailored service to help up-skill businesses and their employees and improve business productivity. The programme will help business leaders grow their business through re-shaping, developing their talent and enhancing their team's performance. Offering impartial advice and guidance to both the business and the individual employees, through one-to-one consultations either with our skills coaches, wellbeing champions and apprenticeship specialists or our procured providers, consultants, or associates. The programme and the team have been developed to help Greater Manchester come back stronger from the challenges presented before, during and after the pandemic, this time better equipped and better prepared with the skills for the future. The Skills Coaches will provide impartial brokerage through to training solutions and funding supported. The programme will have a core focus on supporting those employed and in work, definition as per ESF guidance. In addition to the ESF eligibility, individuals will also need to evidence at entry to the programme the following requirements. They: * Must be in work at time of entry to the programme (in work with a zero hours contract, furloughed, in work claiming Universal credit and self-employed are all considered eligible), or unemployed with prior approval as mentioned above. * Must be able to evidence right to work and live in the UK * Must be aged over 16. * Must live and/or work within Greater Manchester GMBS will pay the consultant, provider or associate a maximum cost of PS450.00 + VAT for the identification of a business, the signed SPP and a minimum of 3 signed ISDPs. Each additional ISDP completed with a business (to a maximum of 10) will be paid at a maximum of PS50.00 + VAT per ISDP. Payment will be made upon receipt of the signed SPP/ISDPs and upon confirmation they have passed quality and compliance checks.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-280b2dc3-cf50-4cce-af36-c11e2f2a3993
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fdbd073b-90ab-430c-960a-9cf3d8e27eb4
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £20,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Sep 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Sep 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 13 Sep 2021 - 30 Apr 2022 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Cancelled
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE BUSINESS GROWTH HUB LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Nick Batty
- Contact Email
- nick.batty@growthco.uk
- Contact Phone
- 0161 237 4044
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MANCHESTER
- Postcode
- M1 5JW
- 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
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fdbd073b-90ab-430c-960a-9cf3d8e27eb4
3rd September 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ce2c4784-3419-45c5-bf1c-4b7406b936cf
2nd September 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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