Business and management consultancy and related services

Tender description

The Greater London Authority (the ‘GLA’ or ‘Contracting Authority’) is seeking to appoint a supplier to develop and deliver a European Regional Development (ERDF) funded business support programme to be delivered through a Hub & Spoke model across locations in Greater London. The Greater London Authority (the ‘GLA’ or ‘Contracting Authority’) is seeking to appoint a supplier to develop and deliver a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funded business support programme (‘Project’). To deliver the services the Supplier will appoint a minimum of 5 business advisors with Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI) or equivalent qualifications, and an administrator and a programme manager, all positions are to be full time and working exclusively on this project. The supplier selected through this procurement process will deliver a business support programme in locations across London’s sub regions, with one central hub and 4 spokes across north, south, west and east London. Each location will have additional satellite locations for recruitment of beneficiaries and delivery of workshops. The project will provide the opportunity for businesses across London to enquire and learn about business support and programmes available locally and across London, to support them on their journey from start up to growth, although most of the activity will be focused on established businesses with capacity to increase productivity or growth. The services provided will be sector agnostic in order to support ‘everyday economy sectors’, that want to unlock growth, investment and make productivity improvements. The supplier must ensure that project activities are ERDF compliant and that an audit trail of expenditure and project activities is kept at all times. The Contracting Authority will initially allocate 1 500 000 GBP for a 27 month project. During the initial project lifetime the GLA may request the supplier to increase the scope (additional staff and additional outputs) of the project if additional funding is secured and/or may extend the project lifetime for an additional period of up to 24 months. If the project is augmented and/or extended to a maximum period of up to 24 months the project value will increase to a maximum of 3 500 000 GBP. Please note that organisations interested in participating in this opportunity are invited to attend a briefing event being organised for clarification questions on the 22.7.2019 from 8:30 to 10:00 at the GLA, City Hall, The Queens Walk, London, SE11 2AA. Places must be pre-booked and are limited to a maximum of 2 people directly associated with the potential bidder. Organisations interested in attending the event must pre-register via the contact details in Section 1.