Business and management consultancy and related services

Tender description

This is a Contract Award Notice and as such the procurement process has now ended. This exercise is to put in place arrangements which will provide HIE with access to external expertise to support community-led organisations to develop their capacity and deliver prioritised projects. The requirement is being divided into 6 Lots being procured under separate Notices — this Notice relates to Lot 4 Orkney, Shetland and Caithness and Sutherland. The Framework is anticipated to be awarded for 2 years with an optional period not exceeding 1 year. The estimated total value over the maximum duration of 3 years will be between 200 000 GBP and 220 000 GBP excluding VAT. This is the figure which has been used in II.1.7 and V.2.4. This framework will provide an alternative means of providing a range of practical support (not advice already accessible via HIE's Framework for Growth and Development – Specialist Advice) as many community-led organisations lack the capacity or a particular skills set to progress an opportunity timeously. The types of support required have been categorised as Financial; Project Development; Project Delivery/Management and Procurement. As indicated in II.1.4 this Lot relates to Lot 4 Orkney, Shetland and Caithness and Sutherland. The other Lots are as follows: — Lot 1: Inner Moray Firth and Moray — Lot 2: Argyll — Lot 3: Innse Gall — Lot 5: Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross — Lot 6: Performance Measurement (HIE wide) Lot 6 is exempt from both The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and is therefore being procured via a selective competitive process.