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title: "Boost Business Lancashire 5 Expert Coaching and Action Learning Facilitator Services"
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# Boost Business Lancashire 5 Expert Coaching and Action Learning Facilitator Services

Buyer: THE GROWTH COMPANY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d7d3fa43-f5e6-4508-a4cb-5bf93ea3c264

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## Summary

The Growth Company is seeking consultants for an awarded contract titled "Boost Business Lancashire 5 - Expert Coaching and Action Learning Facilitator Services" in the services industry. The contract, valued at £170,000, has a procurement method of an open procedure and a tender period ending on 2nd November 2023. The contract period runs from 6th November 2023 to 31st March 2025, with delivery locations in Manchester and North West, United Kingdom.

This tender presents opportunities for SMEs and businesses in business development, human resources management, management consultancy, financial management, marketing consultancy, and related services to participate. Businesses specialising in coaching, mentoring, and organisational development are well-suited to compete in providing expert coaching and action learning facilitator services to support growth companies in Lancashire.

## Notice

GC Business is looking for particularly (but not exclusively) local Lancashire based experienced Expert Coaches and, or Action Learning Facilitators who can work with ambitious and inquisitive leaders of growth companies to help build their capacity to innovate and achieve growth throughout the duration of the programmes outlined in the tender documents LOT 1: Growth Catalyst Expert Coaching: As part of this programme up to 140, 2-hour, (or half day) Expert Coaching sessions will be delivered over MS Teams, Zoom or other platforms and will be made available to business leaders to help them address knowledge gaps or overcome challenges. As opportunities for deeper support through coaching are identified as part of the development of individual Growth Strategies and plans, or as a result of needs spotted by the businesses allocated Advisor during the course of the programme we will require the framework of Coaches to offer support. Our coaching pool is expected to include a wide range of in-depth sector expertise as well as expertise in key subject areas for example: * Leadership and Management development * Sales and marketing * Change management * HR Challenges * Business model innovation * Systems and processes * Finance * Digital tech * Market insights * Net Zero LOT 2: Growth Catalyst and Scale to Thrive Peer Action Learning Facilitators. Both programmes will provide participant businesses with the option of joining peer to peer action learning cohorts. These cohorts of typically between 8 and 11 participants will be professionally facilitated by individuals from a business background who have proven experience in applying the Reg Revans action learning methodology as set out in GCs Peer Network Action Learning Playbook. This methodology was successfully scaled up and proven in practice as part of the Peer Networks programme delivered by Growth Hubs across England and is utilised by a range of Action learning organisations. a) Growth Catalyst Action Learning The Growth Catalyst programme will deliver 15 cohorts staggered over 18 months. Each cohort will benefit from 6 sessions of Action Learning of typically 2-3hrs each on a fortnightly basis, depending on participant preferences. Session topics or challenges to be discussed and will be selected by the groups with the aid of the expert facilitator. All participants will need to sign up to the Participant charter. Action learning sessions will be subject to customer satisfaction monitoring. b) Scale to Thrive Action Learning Under Scale to Thrive 10 cohorts will be delivered with staggered starts over 18 months. Each cohort will benefit from 4 sessions of Action Learning of typically 2-3hrs each on a fortnightly, or monthly basis, depending on participant preferences. As with Growth Catalyst, session topics or challenges to be discussed and will be selected by the groups with the aid of the expert facilitator. All participants will need to sign up to the Participant charter.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/30508fc9-725c-4c54-bf13-d7bae40e2731 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Nov 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Dec 2023 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2024 - 31 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £170,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| 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 | THE GROWTH COMPANY |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M1 5JW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Electoral ward | Deansgate |
| Westminster constituency | Manchester Central |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 12 |
| Supplier names | BROOK CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS; CLIMATE ESSENTIALS; ENTERPRISE PROCESS MODELLING; KIN BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP; KNOW AND DO; MATCHBOX ASSOCIATES; NATHAN MILNES MARKETING CONSULTANCY; NEW LEVEL RESULTS; QUANTUM VANTAGE; TAKE THE CURRENT; TURNKEY CORPORATE; WINNING JUICE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
- 79411000 - General management consultancy services
- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
- 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services
- 79413000 - Marketing management consultancy services
- 79414000 - Human resources management consultancy services
- 79415000 - Production management consultancy services
- 79415200 - Design consultancy services
- 79416000 - Public relations services
- 79416100 - Public relations management services
- 79416200 - Public relations consultancy services
- 79417000 - Safety consultancy services
- 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
- 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services
- 80510000 - Specialist training services
- 80511000 - Staff training services
- 80512000 - Dog training services
- 80513000 - Horse riding school services
- 80520000 - Training facilities
- 80521000 - Training programme services
- 80522000 - Training seminars
- 80530000 - Vocational training services
- 80531000 - Industrial and technical training services
- 80531100 - Industrial training services
- 80531200 - Technical training services
- 80532000 - Management training services
- 80533000 - Computer-user familiarisation and training services
- 80533100 - Computer training services
- 80533200 - Computer courses

## Release History

- 16 Feb 2024 at 14:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/30508fc9-725c-4c54-bf13-d7bae40e2731

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/30508fc9-725c-4c54-bf13-d7bae40e2731
  16th February 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://app.panacea-software.com/growth/
  Click above to Apply (link to e-procurement portal)

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