Tender

PR2018 Telemarketing Campaign - Scaling Up Businesses

SOUTH EAST MIDLANDS LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP

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Tender

03 Jul 2020 at 16:45

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) has initiated a procurement process for a telemarketing campaign titled "PR2018 Telemarketing Campaign - Scaling Up Businesses." This project falls under the advertising and marketing services category, specifically focusing on direct marketing services. The location for service delivery spans the East Midlands, East of England, and South East regions of the United Kingdom. The tender is at the bidding stage, with a submission deadline of 22nd July 2020. The procurement method used is an open procedure with an estimated contract value of £40,000, and it is aimed at supporting SMEs within the region to enhance their business growth capabilities.

This telemarketing campaign presents an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in marketing and direct outreach services, particularly those with experience in lead generation for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Firms that can provide tailored marketing communications, schedule appointments efficiently, and report on engagement metrics will be well-suited to compete for this contract. By successfully securing this tender, businesses can contribute to significant economic growth within the region while expanding their client base through partnerships with the SEMLEP and local advisers.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

PR2018 Telemarketing Campaign - Scaling Up Businesses

Notice Description

Our aim is do as much as we can to provide tailored support to scale up and pre-scale up businesses to generate economic opportunity, jobs and expansion by gaining new knowledge. Assessing their growth to date and putting in place robust plans for the future and to support them through the key challenges they are faced with when scaling their businesses. Through business growth workshops in partnership with business experts from three local universities to develop a growth plan and how to action it, 1:1 business coaching and Peer to peer networks to provide ongoing support to businesses in their growth ambitions. The primary key activities that have to be delivered include: - Reporting the specific issues that businesses report as barriers for scaling, identify emerging issues/trends in respect of growth. - Providing weekly reports on activities including business numbers engaged; events delivered, issues raised, issues resolved and issues to be escalated. - Scaling up the number of businesses (particularly SMEs) engaged and cascading the business resilience. - Signpost businesses to other sources of further information and support (local, national, public and private) where required. Key requirements SEMLEP would like to appoint a telemarketing organisation to help generate leads to our Growth Curve Project Generate leads and identify potential growth and high growth businesses and book appointments for our advisers to carry out diagnostics and provide tailored support for these businesses. This will include: - Helping us to prepare communications that will attract businesses to take part in the upscaling and growth project. - Setting up a number of appointments for each of our advisers to carry out a 3-hour business growth diagnostics and support. - Specify the number of confirmed appointments you would generate over the lifetime of the project for the advisers. This will contribute to our target of engaging with 500 businesses before June 2022. - Access will be given to the adviser's calendars. They will mark the time in their diary is time for appointments. Sufficient time to travel to appointments needs to be given - Recording calls for quality purposes. - Emailing confirmation to advisers and copy to the data analyst - Agreeing a script - A detailed communication will be given to the telemarketing company on the benefits of the Growth Curve appointment which will be free of charge to the SME. - Providing SEMLEP with the results of all telephone conversations with the businesses called - to boost intelligence levels on business concerns and growth challenges. - How you would manage under performance. - The production of a weekly report. - Monthly video meeting with SEMLEP for contract management. - Please give an indication of the cost per appointment.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-cf6bb7f4-11be-4063-919e-b3807b0bcdec
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e8523d0e-db91-4f1f-860e-0b4f4eb65ae8
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

79342000 - Marketing services

79342100 - Direct marketing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£40,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Jul 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
22 Jul 2020Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
17 Aug 2020 - 30 Jun 2022 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SOUTH EAST MIDLANDS LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CRANFIELD
Postcode
MK43 0BT
Post Town
Milton Keynes
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH25 Central Bedfordshire
Delivery Location
TLF East Midlands (England), TLJ South East (England)
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Electoral Ward
Cranfield & Marston Moretaine
Westminster Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire

Further Information

Notice Documents

Notice URLs

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