Closed tender

Soft Market Testing for Growth Hub Service a Business Support Service

Details

Topic
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Published
20 March 2024
Submission
3 April 2024

Tender description

Essex County Council (ECC) intends to procure a specialist provider to provide Growth Hub support. Growth Hubs are an established business support service, which provide free and impartial signposting, information, and advice to all businesses looking to succeed, helping them to navigate the national and local support landscape. It is Government grant funded annually by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and provides a one stop shop for business support services that offers: • Information, navigation, and signposting via a coordinated, multi-channel service • One-to-one structured support to small and medium enterprises, incorporating a diagnostic assessment of business needs and advice and guidance. Keywords: .

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published20 March 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date3 April 2024

About the buyer

Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.

Over the past 5 years, most of Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

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