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title: "Development Support for the Social Enterprise Sector 2023 - 2025"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03c644"
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# Development Support for the Social Enterprise Sector 2023 - 2025

Buyer: NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c644

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## Summary

The North Lanarkshire Council has completed the tender process for 'Development Support for the Social Enterprise Sector 2023 - 2025'. This procurement falls under the services category and aims to provide professional services to support social enterprises in North Lanarkshire. The contract includes delivering various types of support to foster the development and growth of social enterprises, creating new social enterprises, and enhancing the North Lanarkshire Social Enterprise Network. The contract has been awarded to Inspirent Ltd, with a contract value of £210,000.

This procurement by the North Lanarkshire Council presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in business and management consultancy services to engage in supporting social enterprises. Businesses that can provide expertise in areas such as governance, funding, marketing, and business planning would be well-suited to participate. The active status of the tender indicates potential for growth and collaboration within the social enterprise sector in North Lanarkshire. Interested businesses can explore the provided website for more details on the procurement process.

## Notice

North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) intend to establish a contract for Professional Services for the Development Support for the Social Enterprise Sector.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This procurement is to support North Lanarkshire Council's ambition within the Plan for North Lanarkshire to 'improve economic opportunities and outcomes. The invest here vision includes: -'Businesses have the support to grow and succeed, to develop new products and market and to create and secure new jobs.' -'our economy will continue to grow in a way that benefits all local people' . Services required include business support and expert help to social enterprises in North Lanarkshire. The key deliverables will be: 1)Provision of support (one to one, group, programmes) to support the development and growth of 100 social enterprises across North Lanarkshire. (minimum 120 people attending sessions) Types of support in key topic areas include (but not limited to): governance, funding, trading and income generation, tendering and procurement (to complement Supplier Development Programme), marketing, recruitment of volunteers/employees and business planning. Support should complement and add value to existing support services, including but not limited to: Business Gateway, Just Enterprise and Supplier Development Programme. 2)Identify additional social enterprises in North Lanarkshire (Any organisations not captured in 2011 census - 114 social enterprises) 3)Support the creation of 30 new social enterprise in North Lanarkshire 4)Support the capacity, development and growth of the North Lanarkshire Social Enterprise Network (NLSEN). This would include a development and growth plan for the NLSEN, to increase membership, peer to peer support / mentoring programme. 5)Delivery of 4 themed sectoral events for the sector. (These themes will be chosen by the winning bidder to reflect the needs of the sector) . .

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022569-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Aug 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Aug 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £210,000 |
| Lots value | £210,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £210,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | MOTHERWELL |
| Post town | Motherwell |
| Postcode | ML1 1AB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM34 North Lanarkshire |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Electoral ward | Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig |
| Westminster constituency | Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke |
| Delivery location | TLM84 North Lanarkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | INSPIRENT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

## Release History

- 3 Aug 2023 at 09:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022569-2023
- 4 May 2023 at 10:51 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012772-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000727846
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00010
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

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