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title: "Social Enterprise Exchange - Local Incubators"
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# Social Enterprise Exchange - Local Incubators

Buyer: COMMUNITY MEDIA SOLUTIONS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-04f9f654-2d55-4cf2-accc-6ae8fe045f0b

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## Summary

The procurement process is led by Community Media Solutions, which is seeking to commission local incubators under the title "Social Enterprise Exchange - Local Incubators". This initiative falls within the business development consultancy services industry and is located in the Yorkshire and the Humber and East Midlands regions of the United Kingdom. The procurement method employed is an open procedure, with the contract start date set for April 1, 2017, and the end date for December 31, 2018. The tender closed on January 18, 2017, with a total contract value of up to £10,000, aimed at fostering social enterprise support in collaboration with the Sheffield City Region Growth Hub.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses involved in social enterprise and community support services to expand their operations. Ideal candidates would include SMEs and voluntary and community sector enterprises that can deliver place-based support services such as hot desks, mentoring, and networking. By participating, businesses can contribute to social entrepreneurship developments while enhancing their own service offerings in a growing sector focused on job creation and social inclusion.

## Notice

Social Enterprise Exchange is a comprehensive programme of social enterprise support contributing to jobs, growth and social inclusion across the Sheffield City Region. It is delivered by a community-based consortium in collaboration with Sheffield City Region Growth Hub and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund 2014 - 2020 Social Enterprise Exchange will promote social entrepreneurship, through awareness raising events, knowledge exchange and peer networking; it will provide support for start-ups, including hot-desks, start-up grants and mentoring; and it will offer specialist enterprise support for existing social enterprises to grow and to develop new products and services. We are now seeking to procure and commission local incubators to provide additional support for social enterprise start-up and growth. We are seeking to commission organisations that are able to provide a range of place-based business support services including hot desks, co-working and grow-on space, access to ICTs, client mentoring and first line support, hosting of project related meetings and events. We are offering contracts of up to 10,000 GBP, depending on the services provided, for the provision of services over a two year period from January 2017 to December 2018.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ab40b6b3-592f-4b2c-a674-61ee2ecb1282 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Mar 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Jan 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Feb 2017 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2017 - 31 Dec 2018 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £10,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | COMMUNITY MEDIA SOLUTIONS |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 2BX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 5 |
| Supplier names | BASSETLAW CVS; FAITHSTAR; KIVETON PARK AND WALES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST; LOUNDSLEY GREEN COMMUNITY TRUST; REGATHER COOPERATIVE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services

## Release History

- 24 Mar 2017 at 17:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ab40b6b3-592f-4b2c-a674-61ee2ecb1282

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ab40b6b3-592f-4b2c-a674-61ee2ecb1282
  24th March 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- http://www.mytenders.org/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR140711
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## Notice URLs

- http://www.socentxchange.net

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