Notice Information
Notice Title
Digital Growth Hub - Finance Finder Portal
Notice Description
In response to customer demand, The Growth Hub have identified that the provision of a solution that allows users to more easily access providers of business financing solutions would enhance their Digital Growth Hub offering. This tool would be integrated into the existing Digital Growth Hub experience as much as possible so as to provide a seamless customer journey through use of the features and maintain an auditable record of the clients' interactions with the Growth Hub and use of this tool. It is required that this new tool will be launched no later than 30 October 2018 and that the accompanying commercial arrangements ensure that there is adequate support and maintenance arrangements in place for the period to March 31st 2022. The Growth Hub, by providing ambitious Gloucestershire SMEs with fully funded independent and impartial business support, aim to empower these businesses to grow the Gloucestershire economy and to increase the number of jobs in the county. The Finance Finder Portal supplier will be called be providing a solution that meets the need of the most requested type of support, that of where to find financing solutions. Therefore the Finance Finder Portal will need to be able to capture details of a company's situation, what their needs are and present, where applicable, a range of providers that could be able to address the company's needs. The Finance Finder Portal tool will be accessed via the Growth Hub website (www.thegrowthhub.biz) and as such it should be possible to be integrated as seamlessly as possible with the existing customer experience of the Growth Hub website. The Finance Finder Portal will also be required to capture data - anonymised where necessary - which is accessible by GFirst LEP employees and selected users to understand the financing needs of Growth Hub clients.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-30161253-bc3f-406e-a8ab-4b5642ecb5a2
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eebc8f66-fb8d-464b-b989-f903ab235431
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Oct 20187 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Aug 2018Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Sep 20187 years ago
- Contract Period
- 25 Oct 2018 - 31 Mar 2022 3-4 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
- GFIRST LEP C.I.C.
- Contact Name
- GFirst Admin
- Contact Email
- james.brown@gfirstlep.com
- Contact Phone
- 01242715414
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLOUCESTER
- Postcode
- GL2 9HW
- Post Town
- Gloucester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Gloucester
- Electoral Ward
- Longlevens
- Westminster Constituency
- Tewkesbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eebc8f66-fb8d-464b-b989-f903ab235431
15th October 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5fa79a19-6a7e-4ee7-9f90-f97eaf32edee
14th September 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1f61e83f-65fe-4673-b5df-f6dd0fa910a5
3rd August 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e76720f1-7f80-4257-9787-f0b18b4cba72
Digital Growth Hub - Finance Finder Portal
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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