--- title: "Call for Business Mentor - Breaking Barriers Enterprise Award" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-0d442f78-153d-4efa-b1e7-1799112ebc5f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0d442f78-153d-4efa-b1e7-1799112ebc5f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0d442f78-153d-4efa-b1e7-1799112ebc5f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0d442f78-153d-4efa-b1e7-1799112ebc5f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND" published: "2024-03-05" --- # Call for Business Mentor - Breaking Barriers Enterprise Award Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0d442f78-153d-4efa-b1e7-1799112ebc5f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0d442f78-153d-4efa-b1e7-1799112ebc5f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0d442f78-153d-4efa-b1e7-1799112ebc5f.json) ## Summary The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is seeking a Business Mentor for the Breaking Barriers Enterprise Award programme, focusing on supporting business founders who identify as women or non-binary and/or from a Global Majority background. The tender involves mentoring 10 awardees from April to July 2024, with a budget range of £2500 to £22500. The procurement method is a competitive quotation with a tender deadline of March 10, 2024, and the contract period is from April 1 to July 31, 2024. This tender presents an opportunity for business growth to mentors with experience in early-stage start-ups, fundraising, and working with diverse founders. Businesses that can provide bespoke support, guidance, and planning sessions to address structural barriers and systemic challenges in the entrepreneurial ecosystem are well-suited to compete. The University is particularly interested in proposals demonstrating relevant experience, value for money, equality, diversity, and inclusion, and environmental sustainability. ## Notice The Breaking Barriers Enterprise Award is a new and exciting programme portfolio delivered by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) for business founders who identify as women or non-binary and/or from a Global Majority background. The programme aims to address structural barriers and systemic challenges prohibitive to equality of access and opportunity in the West of England's entrepreneurial ecosystem. We are seeking expressions of interest via quotations for a Business Mentor that has a broad and in-depth knowledge across early-stage innovative start-up support and has significant experience working with founders who are women and/or from the Global Majority and can demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of structural barriers and systemic challenges that are prohibitive in the entrepreneurial eco-system. The Business Mentor would work with 10 awardees for the duration of the award. Through one-to-many and one-to-one support, the Business Mentor would deliver group planning sessions, as well as bespoke support and guidance to help participants work through identified business challenges. You would ideally be able to demonstrate your own startup and fundraising experiences. The business mentor would likely be required to help awardees plan their projects and enable them to make the best use of the award funding. This will include, but is not limited to: * Budget/financial planning for the award * Specific business challenges * Identifying where additional support is required (e.g., IP, legal advice, university input) * End of project reporting (benefits, outcomes, etc) The Award will run from April to July 2024 and the Business Mentor would be required to participate in regular meetings, reporting on progress to UWE Bristol. Budget We invite expressions of interest for targeted business mentorship and programme support. Please submit a detailed proposal of your offer as part of this quotation which must include your day rate and the number of days you would be available to deliver on this programme. Please note we require between 5 and 30 days of delivery on this programme and the maximum day rate we would consider is PS750 excluding VAT. Your day rate would include payment for reasonable expenses, where agreed up front with UWE Bristol and in line with our current expenses policy. Payment Payment would be by monthly invoice based on activity agreed and undertaken in that period. The partner would need to be set up as a supplier to UWE Bristol and would be required to provide invoices for their services. Quotes should cover the following criteria: 1. Relevant experience 2. Value for money demonstrated via a quotation for a headline summary of anticipated delivery 3. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion 4. Environmental Sustainability To express your interest, please provide a summary document explaining how you meet the above criteria and listing your areas of expertise to uwebusiness@uwe.ac.uk ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e939719e-19a6-401d-aa45-f4f59191f472 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Competitive quotation (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Mar 2024 | | Submission deadline | 10 Mar 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2024 - 31 Jul 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £22,500 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND | | Locality | BRISTOL | | Post town | Bristol | | Postcode | BS16 1QY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire | | Local authority | South Gloucestershire | | Electoral ward | Stoke Park & Cheswick | | Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ## Release History - 5 Mar 2024 at 14:16 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e939719e-19a6-401d-aa45-f4f59191f472 - 22 Feb 2024 at 15:20 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e939719e-19a6-401d-aa45-f4f59191f472 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e939719e-19a6-401d-aa45-f4f59191f472 5th March 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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