Business Grant Schemes Leicester
Leicester City Council Economic Regeneration Team are looking for Service Providers who can support Small to Medium Sized Enterprises in developing good quality grant applications for submission to Leicester City Council’s “Enterprising Leicester” Grant project.
Business Grant Schemes within Leicester City Council’s “Enterprising Leicester” Project
Reference number: TAN0026
Deadline date:21/06/2013
This deadline is for… Deadline for Expression of Interest
Contract value:£100,000 – £500,000
Location where the contract is to be carried out: Leicester Leicester,
Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? Yes
Is this contract suitable for a voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations? No
Name of the buying organisation: Leicester City Council
Description of the contract
Leicester City Council Economic Regeneration Team are looking for Service Providers who can support Small to Medium Sized Enterprises in developing good quality grant applications for submission to Leicester City Council’s “Enterprising Leicester” Grant project. This project is part-funded under the European Regional Development Fund Programme 2007-13 (ERDF). Project Overview The Enterprising Leicester Business Grant Schemes will provide support for both start-up and existing businesses looking to develop and grow. It will support a total of 305 SMEs (165 start-up grants / 140 existing business grants). Grants will be available from £1,000 – £15,000 and require 50% match funding from the SMEs. The Overall Enterprise Leicester project will be managed by the Business Grants Manager within Leicester City Council. This tender is specifically seeking service providers to engage and work with SME’s to develop good quality grant applications for submission to the Grants Manager for review by the grant award panel. A tender document and the funding agreement for organisations wishing to apply can be found at the following link: http://www.sourceleicestershire.co.uk/contracts/show/id/8397. Organisations must submit their expression of interest to the Contact Officer by 29th May 2013 to: lisa.brownbridge@leicester.gov.uk, if they wish to submit a tender. Any queries about the tender documents or Tendering Certificate which may affect the preparation of the tender shall be raised without delay (with the above Contact Officer) by 5th June 2013. Submission of documentation should be to: procurementquotations@leicester.gov.uk quoting reference Business Grant Schemes within Leicester City Council’s “Enterprising Leicester” project in the subject line.
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Classification of the contract
79900000 Miscellaneous business and business-related services
75100000 Administration services
75112000 Administrative services for business operations
79990000 Miscellaneous business-related services
75112100 Administrative development project services
Additional information
Contract type: Services – 11
Is it a framework agreement? No
Is this contract related to a programme of funding? No
Contract will be awarded based on: Most economically advantageous tender in terms of: The criteria below:
| Priority | Description of criteria | Percentage weighting |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quality | 100.00 |
Estimated length of contract: 22/07/2013 – 30/06/2015
Who to contact
Contact name Lisa Brownbidge
Organisation name Leicester City Council
Address New Walk Centre, Welford Place, LEICESTER, LE1 6ZG
Telephone 01162528923
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