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GWE BUSINESS WEST LTD

Start & Grow Programme Evaluation

R&DCPV 73000000
Value£79k
Awarded10 Nov 2015
Published23 Oct 2015
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

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£79ktotal contract value
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this tender£0£561k

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The brief

GWE Business West Ltd, trading as Business West (BW), is a member of the Cavendish Consortium, a group of six of the largest enterprise agencies across England, together with the National Enterprise Network.

Its members are amongst the most prominent not-for-profit social enterprises in the country, each with over 30 years’ experience.

The Cavendish Consortium has been successful in securing funding from Round 6 of the Regional Growth Fund for a new growth business start-up programme, ‘Start & Grow’.

The programme provides pre and post start support to individuals looking to start sustainable businesses which expect to employ people from the early stages and where start-up financing will be required to get the business venture off the ground.

It launched recently and will continue until mid 2020.

We are looking for a partner who can work with us to develop and implement an evaluation programme that will result in reports for internal and external audiences, including the programme funder The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

We request information from potential suppliers detailing their proposal and costs.

Key dates in the tender process are: Deadline for receipt of written ITT clarification questions from Tenderers (by 1200 hrs) 30th October 2015 BW issues responses to ITT clarification questions 3rd November 2015 Closing date for receipt of Tenders (by 1200 hrs) 10th November 2015 Notification of invitation to present proposal 18th November 2015 If this opportunity is of interest please email paul.coopey@businesswest.co.uk for a copy of the tender documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------

Key requirements

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01

The programme provides pre and post start

The programme provides pre and post start support to individuals looking to start sustainable businesses which expect to employ people from the early stages and where start-up financing will be required to get the business venture off the ground.

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We are looking for a partner who

We are looking for a partner who can work with us to develop and implement an evaluation programme that will result in reports for internal and external audiences, including the programme funder The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

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