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Durham County Council

Durham SME Digital Engagement Project Extension

Business ServicesCPV 79000000
Value£1.3m
Awarded14 May 2020
Published14 Aug 2020
RegionNorth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.3mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Durham SME Digital Engagement Project, known as the Digital Drive Programme, is a successful programme of intensive support to businesses across County Durham to improve their competitiveness through take-up of digital technology.

The primary objective of this contract is to deliver the second phase of this programme.

The successful provider for phase 2 will be required to build on the success of phase 1, improve in less successful areas and meet the outputs required.

The expected start date for the proposed contract is 01 October 2020.

The expected end date for the proposed contract is 30 June 2023.

The Council is currently in the process of submitting an ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) application for the funding to enable delivery of this Project.

At present the Council has submitted an application for £1,295,000 of funding to ensure the delivery of the scope and achievement of the strategic objectives.

Should the Council be unsuccessful in obtaining ERDF funding the Project will not be commissioned.

Progression of this procurement exercise and any award of this contract opportunity will be conditional on the Council confirming receipt of the funds from ERDF.

Confirmation of ERDF funding for the project is anticipated to be confirmed in April 2020

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Durham SME Digital Engagement Project, known

The Durham SME Digital Engagement Project, known as the Digital Drive Programme, is a successful programme of intensive support to businesses across County Durham to improve their competitiveness through take-up of digital technology.

02

The primary objective of this contract is

The primary objective of this contract is to deliver the second phase of this programme.

03

The successful provider for phase 2

The successful provider for phase 2 will be required to build on the success of phase 1, improve in less successful areas and meet the outputs required.

04

At present the Council has submitted

At present the Council has submitted an application for £1,295,000 of funding to ensure the delivery of the scope and achievement of the strategic objectives.

05

Should the Council be unsuccessful in obtaining

Should the Council be unsuccessful in obtaining ERDF funding the Project will not be commissioned.

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