--- title: "Liverpool City Region Local Growth Hub Broker Partners" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-8af54e88-1b1d-4576-9f2e-1dbe5974fe55" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8af54e88-1b1d-4576-9f2e-1dbe5974fe55" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8af54e88-1b1d-4576-9f2e-1dbe5974fe55.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8af54e88-1b1d-4576-9f2e-1dbe5974fe55.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "LIVERPOOL CITY REGION GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED" published: "2022-04-26" --- # Liverpool City Region Local Growth Hub Broker Partners Buyer: LIVERPOOL CITY REGION GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8af54e88-1b1d-4576-9f2e-1dbe5974fe55 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8af54e88-1b1d-4576-9f2e-1dbe5974fe55) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8af54e88-1b1d-4576-9f2e-1dbe5974fe55.json) ## Summary The Liverpool City Region Growth Company Limited seeks partners for the "Liverpool City Region Local Growth Hub Broker Partners" project, which aims to provide business support across six local authority areas: Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral. The procurement is currently at the Award stage, with the contract period commencing on 16th May 2022 and concluding on 31st March 2023. The tender, classified under business and management consultancy services (CPV code 79400000), operates through an open procurement method with a total budget of £20,000. Key activities are focused on improving access to business advice and support for all local businesses, particularly those in underserved communities. This tender presents significant opportunities for growth-oriented businesses, particularly small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community and social enterprises (VCSEs) with expertise in business brokerage and support services. Companies that specialise in community engagement, particularly those with experience in assisting women, BAME groups, and social economy enterprises, will be particularly well-suited to respond. By participating in this initiative, suppliers can leverage their networks to enhance local economic resilience and development while attaining fruitful collaboration with local authorities and other stakeholders across the Liverpool City Region. ## Notice Growth Platform wishes to engage Brokerage Partners covering each of the 6 Local Authority areas of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. In addition, we are seeking a specialist broker to engage harder to reach groups including women, BAME groups and social economy businesses across the City Region. Therefore, there are a total of 7 'Lots' that suppliers can bid for; * Lot 1 Halton * Lot 2 Knowsley * Lot 3 Liverpool * Lot 4 Sefton * Lot 5 St Helens * Lot 6 Wirral * Lot 7 Harder to Reach Groups Local Growth Hub Brokerage Partners have become the primary access point for signposting and brokerage to a wide range of local and national business support services & programmes. The Growth Platform website is kept up to date with these service & programmes and should be used as a resource by Local Growth Hub Broker Partners. The focus for the Local Growth Hub Partner delivery for 2022 - 23 is to provide the offer below to ensure network consistency and maintain the Growth Hub guiding principles: * Provide all businesses across the LCR with access to advice and support via a free, impartial single point of contact * Offer a light touch triage, medium intensity diagnostic and signposting service to ensure that all businesses, no matter their size or sector, can discover what support is available to them * Refer into Growth Platform Programmes such as the High Growth ERDF Programme, New Markets 2, Gather provision, Finance Hub etc. * Link to and promote Growth Platform, local and national business support provision, from the public, private and third sector * Collaboration with local delivery and brokerage partners * Marketing of the Local Growth Hub and its services * Maintain accurate and comprehensive records on the Growth Platform CRM Portal in 'real time' * Provide Growth Platform with ad hoc intelligence on new and emerging economic opportunities and shocks (see also below on Regional Intelligence Gathering) ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9873a46f-2491-4e85-b453-5d79fed20bc0 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Apr 2022 | | Submission deadline | 6 May 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 15 May 2022 - 31 Mar 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | 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 | LIVERPOOL CITY REGION GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED | | Locality | LIVERPOOL | | Post town | Liverpool | | Postcode | L3 1BG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside | | ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool | | Local authority | Liverpool | | Electoral ward | Waterfront South | | Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services ## Release History - 26 Apr 2022 at 08:30 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9873a46f-2491-4e85-b453-5d79fed20bc0 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9873a46f-2491-4e85-b453-5d79fed20bc0 26th April 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/06a3aada-74ab-4931-ac06-b6e057477772 Full ITT - https://growthplatform.org/tenders/ Full ITT ## Notice URLs - https://growthplatform.org/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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