Business Consultancy (Manufacturing & Innovation) - Re-tender

Tender description

North Lanarkshire Council wishes to establish a contract for the provision of business consultancy services to help manufacturing SMEs in the region to innovate, automate and grow. The support will be delivered under the Smart Hub Lanarkshire brand. The successful contractor will work with a recently created innovation asset and associated resource to help contribute to the project’s key objectives and goals. The appointed contractor will: Utilise Smart Hub Lanarkshire as a project base ensuring visibility, engagement with New College Lanarkshire and NMIS delivery staff as well as the local SME market Travel across Lanarkshire and the wider area as appropriate (AMCF project territory is primarily the Greater Glasgow and the Clyde Valley locality, however there are no geographical restrictions on wider SME engagement) Provide a mix of physical and digital delivery methods Provide necessary IT, Telecom, Comms hardware and software necessary to deliver the specified contract activity Record, report and track all manufacturing SME engagements with monthly KPI tracking and reporting requirements Operate under / alongside the Smart Hub Lanarkshire brand in tandem with project partners Engage with manufacturing SMEs for the purposes of Smart Hub Lanarkshire project objectives and outcomes Participate in marketing, communications, prospecting and relationship building activity as necessary to enable the project’s target to be met