--- title: "BHCC JB Ride The Wave Business Support Project" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-fdb7a268-8235-4c2c-8db6-b5c3ff094dd4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fdb7a268-8235-4c2c-8db6-b5c3ff094dd4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fdb7a268-8235-4c2c-8db6-b5c3ff094dd4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fdb7a268-8235-4c2c-8db6-b5c3ff094dd4.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "SE SHARED SERVICES" published: "2017-01-19" --- # BHCC JB Ride The Wave Business Support Project Buyer: SE SHARED SERVICES Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fdb7a268-8235-4c2c-8db6-b5c3ff094dd4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fdb7a268-8235-4c2c-8db6-b5c3ff094dd4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fdb7a268-8235-4c2c-8db6-b5c3ff094dd4.json) ## Summary The SE Shared Services in Brighton is initiating the "BHCC JB Ride The Wave Business Support Project," which focuses on enhancing support for local businesses amid ongoing economic uncertainty. This procurement process is currently in the tender stage, with a deadline for submissions set for 20th February 2017. The project aims to provide crucial workshops and resources to local businesses in order to help them grow and sustain themselves, specifically addressing sectors identified as needing additional support. The project is classified under the services category, relevant to economic research and consultancy services, and will commence on 1st March 2017, concluding on 28th February 2019. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses that specialise in providing economic consultancy, training, and support services to engage with local enterprises. Companies that understand the nuances of the business landscape in Brighton & Hove—particularly those that can offer tailored workshops to diverse business groups, including women-owned, BME businesses, and non-networked enterprises—would be well-suited to compete. The successful tenderer will also need to collaborate with the Coast to Capital Business Navigator to enhance support for local businesses navigating the current challenges and opportunities in a post-Brexit economy. ## Notice Ride the Wave has acted as Brighton & Hove's key business support project for the past six years. Originally branded as 'Business Lifebelt', the project aimed to provide support to businesses in the wake of the global financial crisis and UK recession that followed from it. The branding change to 'Ride the Wave' came amidst more optimism in the economy, and supported both pre-start and existing businesses in fulfilling their growth ambitions. Ride the Wave was specifically targeted at addressing gaps in publically-funded business support. The most recent Ride the Wave 5 project ran May 2016 to September 2016, and offered an intensive range of opportunities to help sustain and grow our local economy. There were workshops for people with a business idea they wanted to develop and for start-up businesses in their early years of trading. There were also workshops for established businesses, which offered help in overcoming barriers to growth. Some businesses also took the opportunity to have a follow-up session with a business mentor. 169 businesses participated in the programme; the workshops and activities secured a 100% satisfaction rating from participants. The national Business Link Service has been replaced by Regional Growth Hubs; in the case of Brighton & Hove the growth hub is the Coast to Capital Business Navigator which provides a signposting service for business seeking support. The successful tenderer will be expected to liaise with the Business Navigator as a potential source of recruits to the project. The commissioning of Ride the Wave 6 comes at a time when there is greater economic uncertainty about the impact of leaving the European Union. This uncertainty is already having an impact on the value of sterling and investment decisions and many businesses are now considering how they can prepare themselves for the opportunities being created within a post-Brexit economy. The aim of Ride the Wave 6 is to provide workshops that help to support local business sustainability, build business resilience, give them the businesses the skills / confidence to grow, increase gross value added and create jobs. Bidders will need to demonstrate that they understand the particular issues that local businesses are challenged with, (which may be different for different sectors), and deliver a programme of support to compliment and augment existing business support services and not duplicate or confuse what is already a very complex business support landscape. The Ride the Wave individual workshops will take a sector-specific or thematic approach and the programme will need to be developed in consultation with the business community to ensure the training is tailored, practical and relevant. Ride the Wave 6 will need to encourage take up of business support amongst non-networked businesses, BME and women owned businesses by targeting and working with these cohorts, such as The Mumpreneurs Networking Club etc. The BME business community is s... Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8d4c77e-28f6-4544-8f06-5fb7fe8c37b4 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Jan 2017 | | Submission deadline | 20 Feb 2017 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Mar 2017 - 28 Feb 2019 | | 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 | SE SHARED SERVICES | | Locality | UK | | Post town | Brighton | | Postcode | BN1 1JE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ21 Brighton and Hove | | Local authority | Brighton and Hove | | Electoral ward | Regency | | Westminster constituency | Brighton Pavilion | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services - 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79311400 - Economic research services - 79311410 - Economic impact assessment ## Release History - 19 Jan 2017 at 15:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8d4c77e-28f6-4544-8f06-5fb7fe8c37b4 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8d4c77e-28f6-4544-8f06-5fb7fe8c37b4 19th January 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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