Award

Ask AI about this notice

Summarise, research or assess it with AI

View Markdown

Share this notice

Send this contract to a colleague

Executive Entrepreneurship Masterclasses - Lot 1 Structured Steps in the Entrepreneur's Journey

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

20 Apr 2018 at 01:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

02 Nov 2017 at 00:00

OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Highlands and Islands Enterprise is seeking suppliers for the "Executive Entrepreneurship Masterclasses - Lot 1 Structured Steps in the Entrepreneur’s Journey". This project falls under the services category and is aimed at supporting entrepreneurs to scale their businesses effectively. The procurement process follows an open procedure and has recently concluded, with the contract awarded on 19 April 2018. The masterclass will take place in Inverness, with an estimated total budget of £150,000 over its anticipated 28-month duration. Bidders interested in this opportunity were required to submit proposals by the end of the tender period on 6 December 2017.

This tender represents a prime opportunity for businesses specialising in executive education, training services, and business consultancy. Companies that provide skills development and strategic business planning would be particularly well-suited to participate. The structured approach of these masterclasses offers a platform for delivering critical insights to entrepreneurs, fostering potential partnerships and collaborations that can help grow a business's footprint in the region. Interested businesses should consider leveraging their expertise to meet the outlined training needs and possibly engage in further contracts related to the remaining masterclasses in this suite.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Information

Notice Title

Executive Entrepreneurship Masterclasses - Lot 1 Structured Steps in the Entrepreneur's Journey

Notice Description

This is a Contract Award Notice and as such the procurement process has now ended. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) provides a comprehensive but targeted suite of support to assist entrepreneurs accelerate their growth and scale up their businesses. We are seeking suppliers to provide executive education and support via a suite of masterclasses. This is one of 4 contracts procured simultaneously, but under separate contract notices (Lots) as follows: - Lot 1 - Structured Steps in the Entrepreneur's Journey - Lot 2 - Creating and Maintaining Competitive Advantage - Lot 3 - Strategic Marketing - Lot 4 - Strategic Negotiations This particular Notice relates to Lot 1 - Structured Steps in the Entrepreneur's Journey. The other contracts can be located in the respective PCS/OJEU notices, which were all published on the same date with 'Executive Entrepreneurship - Masterclasses' in the contract description.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This masterclass provides the over-arching strategic framework for the suite of masterclasses and will cover the end to end process for setting up, growing and scaling a business. The masterclass will be held over two days in Inverness and will be delivered to a cohort of approximately 25-40 entrepreneurs to ensure the sessions are interactive. As a minimum, this masterclass will cover the following topics: - Identifying, evaluating and prioritising opportunities - Understanding your customer and developing a customer persona - Identifying and assessing your total addressable market - Developing your value proposition - Developing your business plan/model - Pricing and customer acquisition - Building and managing a team - Scaling up your business. The contract is anticipated to be awarded for a 28 month period with a maximum budget of between GBP45k and GBP50k per masterclass. It is estimated that the total value of these services (over the lifetime of the contract) may be GBP150k and this is the figure which has been used in II.1.7.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Options: HIE reserves the right, on giving reasonable written notice from time to time, to require changes to the Services (whether by way of the removal of Services, the addition of new Services, or increasing or decreasing the Services or specifying the order in which the Services are to be performed or the locations where the Services are to be provided).

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000514241
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR317304
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award 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

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80430000 - Adult-education services at university level

80511000 - Staff training services

80532000 - Management training services

80570000 - Personal development training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Apr 20188 years ago
Submission Deadline
6 Dec 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Apr 20188 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the contract or at the end of the contract period, including any extension period.

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
INVERNESS
Postcode
IV2 5NA
Postcode Area
Inverness
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
TLM6 Highlands and Islands
Local Authority
Highland
Electoral Ward
Inverness South
Westminster Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

Further Information

Notice Documents

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

JSON Markdown

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

Loading OCDS record...