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Kent County Council

SC22223 - C-Care Technology Resilience Voucher Scheme

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published7 Feb 2023
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
Kent County Council

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

Who to contact
Mr Cameron Croucher
Cameron.Croucher@kent.gov.uk
+44 3000411901

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

C-Care is cross-Channel Interreg project which aims to respond to some of the socio-economic challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.

C-Care is led by Kent County Council and involves 3 other English and 3 French partner organisations who are jointly implementing the project.

C-Care will provide support to businesses and individuals at risk of exclusion in the France-Channel England area to aid economic recovery.

As part of this project, the Growth & Communities Division within GET is leading on a technology resilience voucher pilot scheme to provide support to Kent businesses.

The scheme was launched in November 2021 when Kent SMEs could start to apply for vouchers.

A framework of suppliers was procured during the summer of 2021 which resulted in seven suppliers being selected and approved to provide services to Kent businesses under the voucher scheme.

A total number of 385 applications were received between November 2021 and June 2022 and 320 were approved.

However, 74 (23.12%) of these which have been withdrawn - the main reason being given by SMEs was a lack of a suitable supplier on the framework to deliver the service they wanted.

Not every lot was filled by suppliers and only 4 of the 7 suppliers have actually been selected by beneficiary SMEs to complete a voucher project.

Some current suppliers have also indicated that they are very near to reaching full capacity to deliver voucher projects.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

C-Care will provide support to businesses

C-Care will provide support to businesses and individuals at risk of exclusion in the France-Channel England area to aid economic recovery.

02

As part of this project, the Growth

As part of this project, the Growth & Communities Division within GET is leading on a technology resilience voucher pilot scheme to provide support to Kent businesses.

03

A framework of suppliers was procured during

A framework of suppliers was procured during the summer of 2021 which resulted in seven suppliers being selected and approved to provide services to Kent businesses under the voucher scheme.

04

The main reason being given by SMEs

the main reason being given by SMEs was a lack of a suitable supplier on the framework to deliver the service they wanted.

05

Some current suppliers have also indicated

Some current suppliers have also indicated that they are very near to reaching full capacity to deliver voucher projects.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
003656-2023
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