Notice Information
Notice Title
Enterprise and Business Growth (EBG) Framework Agreement
Notice Description
Belfast City Council is setting up an Enterprise and Business Growth (EBG) Framework Agreement, which will provide capacity to future proof the delivery of agile and responsive business support solutions, adding value to the existing enterprise and business support provision in place across Belfast, and to any regional provision that is established in future. The EBG Framework will have 2 lots - "Grow a Business" and "Social Economy"
Lot Information
Lot 1 Start a Business
Belfast City Council is seeking to appoint a number of contractors that meet the standards required. The contractors will be able to apply for any number of the workstreams/categories listed. Below are the high level workstreams/categories that the Council has a requirement for, this is not an exhaustive list and further workstreams/categories may be added during the life of the DPS: Category 1 - Start a Business Category 2 - Grow a Business Category 3 - Social Economy Category 3 - Investing in Belfast
Options: See Schedule 1 for details on Optional Services.
Renewal: The EBG DPS will be established for an initial period of four years with an option to extend. The decision on extension of the EBG DPS validity period will be solely at the Council's discretion.
Lot 2 Grow a BusinessSummary of Lot 2 Grow a Business: - Suitable for businesses that have been trading for at least 6 months - Specific help with growth issues that the business doesn't have the in-house skills or insight to manage.
Options: See Schedule 1 for details on Optional Services
Renewal: This contract/Framework Agreement shall be for an initial period of three years, with the option to extend for a further year.
Lot 3 Social EconomySummary of Lot 3 Social Economy: - Suitable for organisations or individuals who have aspirations to establish enterprises in the social economy sector. - Support includes assistance, advice and guidance to generate ideas, develop a business plan, access learning from peers, workshops and access to finance.
Options: See Schedule 1 for details on Optional Services.
Renewal: This contract/Framework Agreement shall be for an initial period of three years, with the option to extend for a further year.
T2214Summary of Lot 2 Grow a Business: - Suitable for businesses that have been trading for at least 6 months - Specific help with growth issues that the business doesn't have the in-house skills or insight to manage.
Options: These optional services will be in areas related to the core services and may for example include (but are not necessarily limited to): * Intelligence gathering. * Business plan assessment/challenge. * Managing and monitoring access to finance for participants on behalf the Council. * Collaborative space development and delivery. * Identifying possible funding opportunities; and * Identifying collaborative city-wide projects with external partners. See Schedule 1 Specification for further information.
T2214Summary of Lot 3 Social Economy: - Suitable for organisations or individuals who have aspirations to establish enterprises in the social economy sector. - Support includes assistance, advice and guidance to generate ideas, develop a business plan, access learning from peers, workshops and access to finance.
Options: These optional services will be in areas related to the core services and may for example include (but are not necessarily limited to): * Intelligence gathering. * Business plan assessment/challenge. * Collaborative space development and delivery. * Managing access to test trading space; and * Managing and monitoring access to finance for participants on behalf of the Council. See Schedule 1 - Specification for further information.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03263a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001625-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £6,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £6,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Jan 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Jan 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 31 May 2022Expired
- Award Date
- 19 Dec 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Active, Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BELFAST CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- crothersr@belfastcity.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 8GD
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN06 Belfast
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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