Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Business Gateway Services in Orkney
Notice Description
Orkney Islands Council wishes to engage a single contractor with the competence, capability and capacity to deliver two separate programmes of Business Gateway Services. Firstly, the provision of business support services for the Business Gateway Service in Orkney, and secondly the provision of the Council funded Business Improvement and Growth Service ('BIG Service').
Lot Information
Lot 1
In liaison with the local Business Gateway Manager, delivery of the Business Gateway and additional BIG Service funded support will largely be through: -one-to-one consultancy, principally undertaken at the Business Gateway office in Kirkwall, but occasionally at a client's premises; and -workshops and specialist events - at suitable venues arranged by the contractor, run in Kirkwall, Stromness and in remoter areas around the islands (subject to local demand). Additional information on the service requirement is contained within the attached documentation. At the time of tender issue, it is anticipated that the maximum overall contract value which includes the potential periods of extension to 31 May 2028 is GBP405,500 although no guarantee is given as to actual expenditure. The budget across each service is as follows: Programme 1 Core Service - up to GBP277,500 exclusive of VAT over the initial term of the contract (36 months) and including the potential contract extensions (two periods of 12 months). Programme 2 BIG Service - up to GBP128,000 exclusive of VAT over the initial term of the contract (36 months) and including the potential contract extensions (two periods of 12 months). This budget is discretionary and not guaranteed. No guarantee is given as to actual expenditure. Bids that exceed the budget will not be considered. Additional information: The contract will consist as follows: Programme 1 for the Core service of Business Gateway Services and Programme 2 for the Enhanced Business Growth Support Services For the avoidance of doubt, as notified in the Invitation to Tender - Appendix 6, the price evaluation is carried out on the rate per hour figures submitted within bids.
Renewal: Two Authority held options to extend by a further 12 months per option.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03a3a0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012468-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
79411100 - Business development consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- £405,500 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £395,250 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 May 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Mar 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Apr 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2023 - 31 May 2026 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- bruce.pinkerton@orkney.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01856873535
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KIRKWALL
- Postcode
- KW15 1NY
- Post Town
- Kirkwall
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM65 Orkney Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Electoral Ward
- Kirkwall East
- Westminster Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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