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title: "Harrow Business Support Programme"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03bf86"
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# Harrow Business Support Programme

Buyer: HARROW COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03bf86

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## Summary

The Harrow Council is seeking an organisation to provide tailored business support under the Harrow Business Support Programme. This procurement, classified under business and management consultancy services, aims to support existing Harrow businesses for sustainability and growth, as well as help start-up ventures. The procurement is currently at the award stage, with Brunel University London being the active supplier. The procurement process began on July 25, 2023, and the contract was signed on July 7, 2023.

The Harrow Business Support Programme presents opportunities for businesses in the consultancy and related services industry to provide tailored support to local businesses. The procurement method used is an open procedure, allowing a fair chance for businesses to compete. With a focus on quality and social value, businesses offering expert support services and a commitment to diversity and inclusion are well-suited to participate. The programme aims to benefit businesses in Harrow, offering a contract worth £293,173. Be sure to review the tender details to understand the project's requirements and deadlines.

## Notice

Harrow Council is seeking to procure an organisation(s) to provide tailored business support advice to existing Harrow businesses to enable sustainability and growth, and to also provide start-up business support advice to residents to enable and create new start-up businesses.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The business support project will support businesses at all stages of their journey, with a broad range of services; expert one-to-one and peer-to-peer business support, events, skills, specialist programmes, access to funding and much more. Focused on helping businesses, new start-ups, and business growth, the Business Support Project will be free and open to all businesses based in the borough; this will be open to trading businesses and new starts, to include self-employed, sole traders, owner managers of businesses, co-operatives and social enterprises. The business support project is required to provide tailored business support and advice to individual businesses based on the needs of their business, that should be captured and identified through an initial assessment process that the project deliverer completes with registered businesses. The project deliverer is also required to provide start-up business support to residents and assist them to start-up new businesses. Eligible businesses shall receive at least up to 4-hours of one-to-one support from a pool of experienced expert business advisors as well as guidance on additional support packages available, to help local businesses address their issues. The project deliverer should produce a relevant marketing strategy and work accordingly with relevant stakeholders to achieve the outputs, including the Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion outputs. Working with stakeholders to conduct engagement sessions at events should be factored.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021533-2023 |
| 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 | 25 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 18 May 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Jul 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £237,500 |
| Lots value | £237,500 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £293,173 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HARROW COUNCIL |
| Locality | HARROW |
| Post town | Harrow |
| Postcode | HA1 2XY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon |
| Local authority | Harrow |
| Electoral ward | Marlborough |
| Westminster constituency | Harrow West |
| Delivery location | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 25 Jul 2023 at 15:24 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021533-2023
- 5 May 2023 at 11:04 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012933-2023
- 18 Apr 2023 at 14:03 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011123-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.harrow.gov.uk
- http://www.londontenders.org

## Provenance

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