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title: "Enterprise Hub Partner Procurement"
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# Enterprise Hub Partner Procurement

Buyer: THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ed49653e-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

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## Summary

The City of Liverpool College is leading the Enterprise Hub Partner Procurement, aimed at enhancing engagement and pre-start-up services within the Liverpool City Region. This procurement, classified under "Custom broker services" and related business support sectors, is currently in the award stage with key activities expected to take place from the end of December 2016 until the end of November 2018. The tender period concluded on 30th September 2016, and the available budget for this initiative is £1.5 million, half of which is sourced from the European Regional Development Fund. Potential partners are required to demonstrate a cash match contribution of at least 50% towards their service offerings.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in entrepreneurship support and business brokerage, particularly those that can cater to a diverse demographic, including young, female, and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs. Businesses focused on social enterprise and those with an interest in fostering new ventures within the Liverpool City Region will be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. By engaging in this procurement, organisations have the potential to contribute to the creation and sustainability of new enterprises and drive economic growth in areas experiencing market failures.

## Notice

The Enterprise Hub is seeking to procure suitable partners to provide engagement and pre start up services in the Liverpool City Region. Enterprise Hub is a comprehensive entrepreneurship promotion and business support programme, which will foster the creation of new enterprises from pre start to early stage businesses. Providing detailed assistance to potential-entrepreneurs and helping create new business ventures Enterprise Hub will reach and provide high quality business brokerage and business support services to a diverse customer profile e.g. graduate, female and BME would be entrepreneurs; resulting in the creation of high value SMEs and social businesses across all sectors and providing a simplified route for customers to access the support when and how they need it. Enterprise Hub is led by the City of Liverpool College (CoLC) who are acting as accountable body and specialising in supporting FE student/ graduate entrepreneurship. The Women's Organisation is acting as managing partner and specialising in female entrepreneurship. Enterprise Hub is part funded through the European Regional Development Fund. We are seeking Partner organisations to join the Enterprise Hub delivery consortium. Tenders are invited from organisation that can provide quality services that meet the brief and provide a minimum of 50% cash match (not in kind) contribution to the delivery of their services. The total eligible budget available is up to PS1.5 million of which 50% is European Regional Development Fund. Enterprise Hub expect to offer Partnership arrangements to between two and 20 organisations as a result of this tendering process. The Enterprise Hub is a response to an identified and extensive market failure resulting in an 18,000 business base deficit compared to the national business base average. The Enterprise Hub is using ERDF investment to measurably increase the number of new enterprises created and sustained in Liverpool City Region by engaging with and provide detailed prestart assistance to 6360 potential-entrepreneurs and helping to create 1272 new business ventures in LCR between December 2015 and December 2018. We are seeking new partners to assist the Enterprise Hub to reach and provide high quality entrepreneur engagement, business information, brokerage and business support services to a diverse potential entrepreneurs customer profile including; * Would be entrepreneurs with ambitions to create business with growth, high growth and international market potential * Young Entrepreneurs * Graduate Entrepreneurs * Female Entrepreneurs * BME communities * Disabled people * Silver Entrepreneurs - Over 50s * People experiencing physical and mental ill health * Social Entrepreneurs * Franchisees * Residents within the LCR area and with a particular focus on neighbourhoods that experience high levels of social and economic deprivation

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb0dd020-ba35-47d7-af96-7df895c2704b |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Feb 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Sep 2016 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Oct 2016 |
| Contract period | 19 Dec 2016 - 30 Nov 2018 |
| 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 | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Post town | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L1 0AB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | City Centre South |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | PSS (UK; SOUTH LIVERPOOL HOMES; WIRRAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
- 79223000 - Custom broker services
- 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

## Release History

- 2 Feb 2017 at 17:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb0dd020-ba35-47d7-af96-7df895c2704b
- 18 Nov 2016 at 20:16 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c086be2a-1cbb-449b-9de1-4f03e4eaa484

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb0dd020-ba35-47d7-af96-7df895c2704b
  2nd February 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c086be2a-1cbb-449b-9de1-4f03e4eaa484
  21st July 2016 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b8298b55-3c24-49bd-a9fc-993fa2b695b3
  Tender Brief and Response Document
- http://www.thewomensorganisation.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us
  Link to The Women's Organisation website
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/bc19b39f-f0cd-4ebc-b3dd-559940817e15
  Tender Brief and Response Document

## Notice URLs

- http://www.thewomensorganisation.org.uk

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