Invest NI - Delivery of the Social Entrepreneurship Programme 2012 – March 2015

Tender description

Invest NI seeks to appoint a provider/s to deliver a new Social Entrepreneurship Programme (SEP) for Northern Ireland. The overarching aim of the SEP is to: • Provide early stage support to groups/ social entrepreneurs who are starting a social enterprise • Ensure high survival rates for new SEE starts • Encourage SEE growth in export markets • Feed the Invest NI client bank with pull through SEE businesses • Deliver sustainable employment and wealth creation in areas of deprivation. The Provision for delivery of the Social Entrepreneurship Programme will be through three contracts. The geographical scope of these contracts is defined by Invest NI’s current Regional Office boundaries, as detailed below; 1. Eastern Contract Area Ards Borough Council, Belfast City Council, Castlereagh Borough Council, Lisburn City Council and North Down Borough Council. 2. North Western/North Eastern Contract Area Coleraine Borough Council, Derry City Council, Limavady Borough Council; and Magherafelt District Council. Antrim Borough Council, Ballymena Borough Council, Ballymoney Borough Council Carrickfergus Borough Council, Larne Borough Council, Moyle District Council and Newtownabbey Borough Council 3. Southern/Western Contract Area Armagh District Council, Banbridge District Council, Craigavon Borough Council; Down District Council and Newry & Mourne District Council. Cookstown District Council, Dungannon District Council, Fermanagh District Council, Omagh District Council and Strabane District Council. The contracts will run for a duration of 30 months from the date of award.