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Tender description

Essex County Council and East Sussex County Council working in partnership across Essex, South Essex and East Sussex, seeks a provider/s to deliver the ‘South East INVEST’ Inward Investment Service, with the aim of increasing trade and attracting investment in to these areas. The councils are seeking to procure services on the basis of 2 lots: lot 1 Inward Investment Service — Essex; lot 2 Inward Investment Service — East Sussex. Lot 2 — East Sussex County Council and its partners the borough councils of Eastbourne and Hastings and the Districts councils of Lewes, Rother and Wealden recognise the importance of inward investment and business reinvestment to grow the economy of the County The County Council is seeking a contractor to deliver the Locate East Sussex inward investment core service (‘Core Services’), and the enhanced service funded by the European Regional Development fund project (‘Enhanced Services’) on behalf of the County Council and its partners,. The Contractor will be expected to provide both a clear programme to attract inward investment and support incoming or growing businesses. Provision will support both the attraction of new investment to the County as well as assisting existing East Sussex based businesses to develop and grow, providing signposting to linked providers, promoting affordable commercial space and developing strong linkages between SMEs and larger business to deliver further investment to the County, plus delivering a strong marketing strategy.