Miscellaneous business and business-related services

Tender description

The scope of this contract is for the provision of prestart, start-up, early-stage and later-stage business advice including supporting potential and actual growth orientated businesses founded by Newcastle University students and graduates. The scope of this contract is for the provision of prestart, start-up, early-stage and later-stage business advice including supporting potential and actual growth orientated businesses founded by Newcastle University students and graduates. We support current students and Newcastle University graduates (up to 3 years) across all subject groups. We have a large and heterogeneous client base that includes international graduates who have successfully secured leave to remain in the UK, via the Tier 1 (Graduate) Entrepreneur route, to start a business, and recent graduates awarded Founderships, a 6 month Start up scholarship aimed at those with the potential to scale. NB Founderships is contingent on the University successfully raising funds to run the programme year-on-year. Our approach is person-centred. Our goal is to upskill our students and graduates, empowering and enabling them to progress their ideas and business. We incorporate elements of coaching into our one-to-one conversations to support the client to identify solutions and actions. Advice and support will be delivered face-to-face on Newcastle University premises, off-campus at the client’s business premises or at an alternative location potentially including our branch campus in London; via telephone, email or Skype. The successful supplier will provide a minimum of 2 business advice professionals to join the start-up team on campus between one day and 5 days a week depending on the time of year and levels of demand. The agreement will be for up to 130 days per year depending on budget, to deliver business advice and support. Advisers will be expected to spend the majority of their time working with new and repeat clients and updating client records and the University’s CRM system. Advisers will also be expected to actively track and maintain contact with start-up alumni and engage with the local business support community to generate connections for our clients and ensure our support makes the most of regional opportunities and resources. No guarantees are given or implied by the University as to the value, amounts or frequency of services to be called-off throughout the term of the Agreement.