Notice Information
Notice Title
NCC1585 In Work Support Delivery
Notice Description
Business Northumberland wishes to appoint a business support supplier that can provide a pool of Technical Specialists relevant to the field of in work support, staff retention and skills. The successful supplier will: * Engage with employers, targeting those who have difficulty retaining their workforce, to develop a pipeline of clients. * Provide advice and guidance to those employers on a 121 basis. * Develop and deliver a series of workshops focused on relevant themes to those employers. * Successfully evidence the contracted outputs as required by the funding. Employers of all sizes based within the North of Tyne region will be eligible to be supported through this programme of work. To effectively meet the needs of this opportunity, the pool of Technical Specialists will be able to address the retention challenges faced by employers, which are expected to encompass the following areas: * Accessibility * Dispute Resolution * Training Recruitment and Skills * Business Resilience * Change Management * Neurodiversity * Human Resources * Career Planning * Digital Skills * Mental Health The total hours of support delivered to each business will be determined by the initial diagnostic, however, this will need to be sufficient to deliver the output target of at least 45 businesses in receipt of between 3 and 12 hours. The successful supplier will be required to adhere to a strict delivery timeline in order to meet the requirements of the funding. The supplier will therefore be required to have suitable resource to commence work immediately upon award.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0517fe
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038160-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- 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
79414000 - Human resources management consultancy services
79633000 - Staff development services
79634000 - Career guidance services
79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services
79990000 - Miscellaneous business-related services
80500000 - Training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £120,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £120,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £109,075 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 6 Jul 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Graeme Hayes
- Contact Email
- ccps@northumberland.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
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
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038160-2025
8th July 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022993-2025
20th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.open-uk.org/
To view this opportunity you will need to register on the OPEN E-procurement portal. When registered, please search for the tender title "NCC1585 In Work Support Delivery"
Notice URLs
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