Business and management consultancy and related services

Tender description

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 2 Argyll. 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 GBP170k and GBP190k excluding VAT. This is the figure which has been used in II.2.6. 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 2 Argyll. The other Lots are as follows: — Lot 1 Inner Moray Firth and Moray, — Lot 3 Innse Gall, — Lot 4 Orkney, Shetland and Caithness and Sutherland, — 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.