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title: "Leeds City Region Exploring Enterprise Programme"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02c040"
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buyer: "WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY"
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# Leeds City Region Exploring Enterprise Programme

Buyer: WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c040

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## Summary

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is conducting the "Leeds City Region Exploring Enterprise Programme," focusing on business consultancy services aimed at individuals considering starting their own businesses. This procurement is currently at the award stage with an active contract valued at £700,000, initially set for an 18-month term but with an option to extend for another 18 months based on performance. Key procurement details include an open procedure and a submission deadline for the tender period which ended on 26 July 2021.

This procurement opportunity targets businesses engaged in business and management consultancy, particularly those with experience in supporting individuals through the entrepreneurial journey. Companies specialising in coaching, training, or workshops designed for prospective business owners would be well-suited to compete. The project aims to facilitate support for a diverse demographic, making it an excellent avenue for growth for businesses that can provide tailored assistance to budding entrepreneurs across the Leeds region.

## Notice

The focus of this commission is individuals who are exploring business start-up as an employment / lifestyle option. The support package will need to cover key areas to support participants to consider business start up and how to overcome any barriers that would prevent them exploring the opportunity further.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (the Combined Authority) and the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (the LEP), is seeking to appoint a Single Service Delivery Provider or Group with a 'Lead Operator' to complement and add value to the existing support available across West Yorkshire for business start-ups.The target market is individuals considering starting a business and to provide an 'Exploring Enterprise' programme of support. The focus of this commission is to support a range of individuals of all ages and backgrounds to 'explore' if a new business start-up is the right career pathway for them (an outcome can be 'this is not or me'). Other support is being commissioned by the Combined Authority / LEP to help people start-up a business

Options: The contract will be for an initial term of 18 months with a value of PS350,000, with an option to extend based upon successful performance and at the discretion of the CA for a further 18 months and additional value of PS350,000.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031057-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Dec 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Jul 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Nov 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £700,000 |
| Lots value | £700,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £700,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| Delivery location | TLE4 West Yorkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DIGITAL REMIT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 14 Dec 2021 at 10:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031057-2021
- 25 Jun 2021 at 13:44 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014541-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westyorkshireca/aspx/Home
- https://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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