Development consultancy services

Tender description

At the 2013 State of the City Economy Conference, the Leader of the Council made a commitment to increase the Glasgow Business base by 2 000 by 2017. Economic Development, within Development and Regeneration Service are responsible for delivering this. To support the delivery of these objectives Economic Development have spent the past 2 years undertaking a wholesale Service Reform to review activity and resource allocation. This reform and subsequent Service Re-design has led to significant change in service provision within Economic Development and has led the development of a New Approach to Enterprise support, which articulates the strategy and blueprint for delivery of a comprehensive business support programme for Glasgow. This will fundamentally change the way in which Glasgow City Council engages with, and supports, businesses in the city. As a mechanism to this change, Glasgow City Council, via delivery of Business Gateway, is seeking to contract for business consultancy through the delivery of master-class (1-to-many) programmes and 1-to-1 professional support in 6 key business areas: Growth, Structure, Skills and Resource Capacity, Finance, Resilience and Innovation. The main purpose of both the master-class programme and 1-to-1 support, will be to increase knowledge and improve capacity among SMEs in Glasgow, helping them achieve aspirations and improve the city's economic well being. Businesses supported through this programme of intervention will be referred to both the master-class programme and 1-to-1 professional support by a team of dedicated Business Advisers, who will conduct an in-depth Business Diagnostic. Note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required. To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code 5638 under PQQs Open to All Suppliers. Please use the Search/Filter function, then select Project Code from the drop-down. Please note that once you have expressed interest in the PQQ it will move to your My PQQs area. For further information on using PCS-Tender, please read the Supplier Response Guide: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/supplierhelppage/PCS-TSupplierResponseGuide.pdf If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.