Notice Information
Notice Title
Targeted Entrepreneurial Support for Black and Minority Ethnic Groups (BAME)
Notice Description
North Lanarkshire Council (the Council) has an ambition within the Plan for North Lanarkshire to 'improve economic opportunities and outcomes'. The invest here vision includes: -Businesses have the support to grow and succeed, to develop new products and market and to create and secure new jobs, and -our economy will continue to grow in a way that benefits all local people' Funding has been secured from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and has been allocated to develop a new and enhanced strand of business support that was unable to be delivered at scale with previous structural funds for Black, Asian, and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) people. According to National Statistics, North Lanarkshire has typically seen lower than the national average rates of BAME people starting up businesses. Services therefore required seek to provide community-based advice and support to individuals who typically experience structural barriers to entrepreneurship, self-employment or running their own business for BAME owned businesses and individuals within North Lanarkshire.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Services required within the Agreement include business support and tailored and specialised support to BAME owned businesses and individuals within North Lanarkshire. The minimum key deliverables will be: - Provision of support which is anticipated to consist of a mix of one to one, group, and bespoke programmes to support the development and growth of business start-ups from BAME people across North Lanarkshire. Types of support in key topic areas include (but not limited to): mindset, confidence, life coaching, idea generation, funding, trading, and income generation, tendering and procurement (to complement Supplier Development Programme), marketing, recruitment of employees and business planning. - Support the creation of new businesses led by BAME people in North Lanarkshire - Support the growth of businesses led by BAME people who are already trading in North Lanarkshire - Delivery of bespoke business-focused thematic or sectoral events for BAME communities. - A minimum target of circa 200 unique potential entrepreneurs supported to be business ready (numerical value) - A minimum target of circa 50 unique new businesses created (numerical value) Where applicable, the Contractor should ensure that all their Staff involved in delivering the requirements of the Agreement are employed and treated in accordance with the Scottish Governments Fair Work First initiative. From the point of award of the Agreement, the Contractor shall immediately enter into contract mobilisation discussions with the Council, with aim to commence Services on 08 January 2024.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000747071
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496523
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award 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
80 - Education and training services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
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- CPV Codes
79411100 - Business development consultancy services
80570000 - Personal development training services
98200000 - Equal opportunities consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £155,362 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Nov 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Dec 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- contract.support@northlan.gov.uk, corporateprocurement@northlan.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MOTHERWELL
- Postcode
- ML1 1AB
- Post Town
- Motherwell
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM34 North Lanarkshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM84 North Lanarkshire
-
- Local Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
- Westminster Constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT490335
Targeted Entrepreneurial Support for Black and Minority Ethnic Groups (BAME) - North Lanarkshire Council (the Council) has an ambition within the Plan for North Lanarkshire to 'improve economic opportunities and outcomes'. The invest here vision includes: -Businesses have the support to grow and succeed, to develop new products and market and to create and secure new jobs, and -our economy will continue to grow in a way that benefits all local people' Funding has been secured from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and has been allocated to develop a new and enhanced strand of business support that was unable to be delivered at scale with previous structural funds for Black, Asian, and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) people. According to National Statistics, North Lanarkshire has typically seen lower than the national average rates of BAME people starting up businesses. Services therefore required seek to provide community-based advice and support to individuals who typically experience structural barriers to entrepreneurship, self-employment or running their own business for BAME owned businesses and individuals within North Lanarkshire. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496523
Targeted Entrepreneurial Support for Black and Minority Ethnic Groups (BAME) - North Lanarkshire Council (the Council) has an ambition within the Plan for North Lanarkshire to 'improve economic opportunities and outcomes'. The invest here vision includes: -Businesses have the support to grow and succeed, to develop new products and market and to create and secure new jobs, and -our economy will continue to grow in a way that benefits all local people' Funding has been secured from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and has been allocated to develop a new and enhanced strand of business support that was unable to be delivered at scale with previous structural funds for Black, Asian, and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) people. According to National Statistics, North Lanarkshire has typically seen lower than the national average rates of BAME people starting up businesses. Services therefore required seek to provide community-based advice and support to individuals who typically experience structural barriers to entrepreneurship, self-employment or running their own business for BAME owned businesses and individuals within North Lanarkshire.
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