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title: "585 - Facilitators and Mentors"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02e241"
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# 585 - Facilitators and Mentors

Buyer: ASTON UNIVERSITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02e241

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## Summary

Aston University is the contracting authority overseeing a procurement process titled "585 - Facilitators and Mentors," located in Birmingham, UK. This procurement falls under the services category, specifically related to training seminars. The current stage of this tender process is completed, with the contracts for facilitators and mentors signed on 21st January 2022 and amounting to £300,000 and £375,000 respectively. The procurement method adopted was an open procedure, aiming to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in enhancing their performance and resilience.

This tender presents valuable opportunities for businesses focused on coaching and training services, particularly those with experience in supporting SMEs. Organisations that offer facilitation and mentoring services would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract, as the emphasis is on securing a team of qualified individuals who can effectively drive performance improvement for participating businesses. Companies experienced in developing resilience strategies and growth action plans will find this an attractive avenue for business expansion.

## Notice

The purpose of this procurement process is to appoint Suppliers that will support leaders of small and medium sized businesses to boost their business performance, resilience and long term growth.

### Lot Information

Facilitators

The role of the 'Programme Facilitator' will be to assist and support all SME participants and speakers through the learning and teaching of the programme. Facilitators will be required to work with each cohort for approximately 25 days,

Renewal: Extension option for a period of 2 x 12 months.

Mentors

We are seeking a pool of at least 10-12 experienced business mentors to be key members of the delivery team. The role of the 'Mentor' is to support participants to successfully implement learning from the programme into their business immediately (support with building resilience and immediate challenges) and to support them to create and begin to implement a growth action plan for their business (support with planning for long term sustainability). A mentor if assigned to a cohort, will work one-to-one with one or more participants.

Renewal: Extension option of 2 x 12 months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002025-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Jan 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Oct 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Jan 2022 |
| Contract period | 1 Dec 2021 - 31 Mar 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £675,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ASTON UNIVERSITY |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B4 7ET |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Nechells |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLG31 Birmingham |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 12 |
| Supplier names | BUSINESS CENTRED SOLUTIONS; DESIGN RALLY; DROPJAW VENTURES GROUP; ELEMENT-C; FLINT INNOVATION; ORANGE SERVICES; SYNERGY ORGANISATIONAL SOLUTIONS; THE ROCKFINE GROUP; THIS IS SOUTHSIDE; VC CONSULTING; VENTOUX ADVISORY; WHYNOTCHANGE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79998000 - Coaching services
- 80522000 - Training seminars

## Release History

- 24 Jan 2022 at 14:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002025-2022
- 17 Sep 2021 at 19:21 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023246-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.aston.ac.uk
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=9ba8ae9e-e117-ec11-810e-005056b64545

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