Notice Information
Notice Title
Northumberland Small Business Service Provision of Technical Specialists and 1:2:1 support
Notice Description
This tender has now been withdrawn due to an error in publication. This tender has been reissued under a new notice
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Northumberland Small Business Service is delivered by Advance Northumberland delivering on behalf of Northumberland County Council. The project is part funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority Investment Fund and by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Rural England Prosperity Fund with the North of Tyne Combined Authority as the lead authority. The Northumberland Small Business Service (NSBS) Programme will be delivered over a 3-year period from 1st April 2023 - 31st March 2026 which will deliver business diagnostic and brokerage services available to all small and micro businesses across Northumberland. Advance Northumberland wishes to appoint a supplier that can provide a pool of Technical Specialists to work alongside the NSBS programme. The selected supplier will facilitate the provision of 1-2-1 advice to eligible businesses identified by the project and accepted onto the NSBS Programme. In order to deliver the 1-2-1 specialist support effectively, we wish to appoint a supplier that can provide a pool of Technical Specialists specialised in the following themes: * Business planning * Financial planning/modelling * New product development support * Resilience planning * Taxation and exemption * Sales strategies and work winning * Digital Marketing * Digital Enablement and Transformation * Subsidy control and procurement guidance * Market opportunities and demand * Supply chain efficiencies and requirements * Succession planning. * Legal structures * Innovation This support will equate to between 3-12 hours of eligible support per business depending upon their requirements.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-040840
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030526-2023
- 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
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Oct 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Nov 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Daniel Warnock
- Contact Email
- daniel.warnock@northumberland.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1670622353
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MORPETH
- Postcode
- NE61 2EF
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC42 Northumberland
- Delivery Location
- TLC21 Northumberland
-
- Local Authority
- Northumberland
- Electoral Ward
- Morpeth Kirkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- North Northumberland
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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