LEO Westmeath - Midlands Engenuity Engineering Network Coordinator

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Midlands Engenuity Engineering Network was originally established by Westmeath, Offaly, Longford and Laois LEO as part of the Midlands Action Plan for Jobs funded under LEO Competitive Funds. The Engenuity Engineering Cluster was set up to promote market-led innovation, stakeholder collaboration, best practice and product / trade development among the Midlands Engineering companies. Engenuity was set up as a pilot initiative to act as an exchange forum and cohesive network for its members to build links, share experience and undertake joint commercial activity. Engenuity included a programme of events to share expertise and best practice based around specific topics, member presentations, workshops, networking, mentoring and training so that companies could learn from each other, gain support from peers and stakeholder organisations and access tailored mentoring and training supports in addition to exhibiting at tradeshows. Engenuity has made excellent progress as a group of companies since 2017. The cluster has developed over time from being an agency led cluster by the Midland Local Enterprise Offices to a cluster where members are taking active roles. In 2020, a network coordinator was engaged on a contract basis to manage the cluster. Midlands LEO’s now need to engage a coordinator to develop the Engineering Network in the Midlands. The purpose of this request for tender (RFT) is to seek tenders for this position of Midlands Engenuity Engineering Network Coordinator – Please refer to the provided Request For Tender for a full Specification of Requirements. PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROJECT WILL RUN FROM JANUARY TO DEC 2022, TENDERERS MUST CONFIRM THEY CAN COMPLETE THE PROGRAMME IN THE SPECIFIED TIME.