Tender

BHCC JB Ride The Wave Business Support Project

SE SHARED SERVICES

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Tender

19 Jan 2017 at 15:33

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The SE Shared Services in Brighton is initiating the "BHCC JB Ride The Wave Business Support Project," which focuses on enhancing support for local businesses amid ongoing economic uncertainty. This procurement process is currently in the tender stage, with a deadline for submissions set for 20th February 2017. The project aims to provide crucial workshops and resources to local businesses in order to help them grow and sustain themselves, specifically addressing sectors identified as needing additional support. The project is classified under the services category, relevant to economic research and consultancy services, and will commence on 1st March 2017, concluding on 28th February 2019.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses that specialise in providing economic consultancy, training, and support services to engage with local enterprises. Companies that understand the nuances of the business landscape in Brighton & Hove—particularly those that can offer tailored workshops to diverse business groups, including women-owned, BME businesses, and non-networked enterprises—would be well-suited to compete. The successful tenderer will also need to collaborate with the Coast to Capital Business Navigator to enhance support for local businesses navigating the current challenges and opportunities in a post-Brexit economy.

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Notice Title

BHCC JB Ride The Wave Business Support Project

Notice Description

Ride the Wave has acted as Brighton & Hove's key business support project for the past six years. Originally branded as 'Business Lifebelt', the project aimed to provide support to businesses in the wake of the global financial crisis and UK recession that followed from it. The branding change to 'Ride the Wave' came amidst more optimism in the economy, and supported both pre-start and existing businesses in fulfilling their growth ambitions. Ride the Wave was specifically targeted at addressing gaps in publically-funded business support. The most recent Ride the Wave 5 project ran May 2016 to September 2016, and offered an intensive range of opportunities to help sustain and grow our local economy. There were workshops for people with a business idea they wanted to develop and for start-up businesses in their early years of trading. There were also workshops for established businesses, which offered help in overcoming barriers to growth. Some businesses also took the opportunity to have a follow-up session with a business mentor. 169 businesses participated in the programme; the workshops and activities secured a 100% satisfaction rating from participants. The national Business Link Service has been replaced by Regional Growth Hubs; in the case of Brighton & Hove the growth hub is the Coast to Capital Business Navigator which provides a signposting service for business seeking support. The successful tenderer will be expected to liaise with the Business Navigator as a potential source of recruits to the project. The commissioning of Ride the Wave 6 comes at a time when there is greater economic uncertainty about the impact of leaving the European Union. This uncertainty is already having an impact on the value of sterling and investment decisions and many businesses are now considering how they can prepare themselves for the opportunities being created within a post-Brexit economy. The aim of Ride the Wave 6 is to provide workshops that help to support local business sustainability, build business resilience, give them the businesses the skills / confidence to grow, increase gross value added and create jobs. Bidders will need to demonstrate that they understand the particular issues that local businesses are challenged with, (which may be different for different sectors), and deliver a programme of support to compliment and augment existing business support services and not duplicate or confuse what is already a very complex business support landscape. The Ride the Wave individual workshops will take a sector-specific or thematic approach and the programme will need to be developed in consultation with the business community to ensure the training is tailored, practical and relevant. Ride the Wave 6 will need to encourage take up of business support amongst non-networked businesses, BME and women owned businesses by targeting and working with these cohorts, such as The Mumpreneurs Networking Club etc. The BME business community is s... Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8d4c77e-28f6-4544-8f06-5fb7fe8c37b4
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
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

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

CPV Codes

73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

79311400 - Economic research services

79311410 - Economic impact assessment

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Jan 20179 years ago
Submission Deadline
20 Feb 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Mar 2017 - 28 Feb 2019 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
SE SHARED SERVICES
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
UK
Postcode
BN1 1JE
Post Town
Brighton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ21 Brighton and Hove
Delivery Location
TLJ South East (England)
Local Authority
Brighton and Hove
Electoral Ward
Regency
Westminster Constituency
Brighton Pavilion

Further Information

Notice Documents

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