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Executive Entrepreneurship Masterclasses - Lot 2 Creating and Maintaining Competitive Advantage

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

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is conducting a procurement process for the "Executive Entrepreneurship Masterclasses - Lot 2: Creating and Maintaining Competitive Advantage", with a total estimated value of £120,000. This tender falls under the services category and is located in Inverness, UK. The procurement method is an open procedure, and the deadline for bid submissions was set for 6th December 2017, with the contract anticipated to be awarded soon thereafter. This masterclass is aimed at helping entrepreneurs develop strategic planning skills and build a competitive advantage in an ever-changing business environment.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for educational service providers and training consultants who specialise in executive education, strategic analysis, and entrepreneurship. Businesses that can effectively deliver interactive masterclasses and those with expertise in strategic marketing and negotiations may find this procurement particularly relevant. Companies interested in bidding should prepare to demonstrate their capacity to improve strategic thinking and provide tools for measuring performance, as these are essential elements of the services requested by HIE.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Executive Entrepreneurship Masterclasses - Lot 2 Creating and Maintaining Competitive Advantage

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 2 - Creating and Maintaining Competitive Advantage. 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

Creating and sustaining a competitive advantage has become increasingly difficult in an ever -changing and dynamic environment. Businesses need to be adept at strategic thinking and strategic analysis and find ways to enhance impact, value and performance. Very importantly, entrepreneurs must have the tools, techniques and skills to execute the strategy. 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: - A framework for strategic planning - Tools for strategic analysis and techniques to improve strategic thinking - Making informed strategic decisions - Key Performance Indicators and measuring progress - Key success factors to create and maintain a competitive advantage - Learning from other businesses - the dos and don'ts. The contract is anticipated to be awarded for a 27 month period with a maximum budget of between GBP35k and GBP40k per masterclass. It is estimated that the total value of these services (over the lifetime of the contract) may be GBP120k 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-r6ebe6-0000515942
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR317292
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
£120,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£120,000 £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
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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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

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