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Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 15:09

Mentor Recruitment Tender

The University of Derby Business School would like to procure the services of multiple individual mentors to support senior leaders of small and medium size businesses across the UK.

DPS for Help to Grow Programme – Mentor Recruitment

University of Derby

Contract summary

 

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy services – 79410000

Location of contract

DE22 1GB

Value of contract

£910,000

Procurement reference

PROC TB DPS 452

Published date

6 October 2021

Closing date

31 October 2023

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Dynamic Purchasing System

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

 

Description

The University of Derby Business School would like to procure the services of multiple individual mentors to support senior leaders of small and medium size businesses across the UK to boost their business performance, resilience, and long-term growth. The university is working with a consortium of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) and a consortium of Small Business Charter Accredited Business Schools to deliver the government’s new Help to Grow: Management programme.

The 12-week programme is 90% funded by the Government and has been designed to allow participants to complete it alongside full-time work.

The practical curriculum is designed to build capabilities in leadership, innovation, digital adoption, employee engagement, marketing, responsible business, and financial management. By the end of the programme participants will have developed a business growth plan to help them to scale their business.

For further details on the opportunity, please find the Job Description and Person Description attached.

Application

The following opportunity is a Dynamic Purchasing System framework which will be open for application until 31st October 2023. The opportunity is open to individuals only (no limited companies, group, consortia) and bidding parties will need to meet the minimum requirements via submission of the mandatory documents.

To bid for the opportunity, please submit the following mandatory documents via email to h2gm@derby.ac.uk:

• CV of individual bidding for the opportunity
• Completed Mentor Application Form (attached)
• Successful completion of ‘Supplier Minimum Requirements’ form (attached)
• Completion of ‘Conflict of Interest’ form (attached)
• Signed Supplier Code of Conduct form (attached)

Once you have submitted the above documents to the Help to Grow team, they will respond to your application within 10 days. Please note if you are awarded a place on the Dynamic Purchasing System Framework, you will be required to complete a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), outlined in the Supplier Minimum Requirements document. If you are unsuccessful upon application, you are welcome to reapply to the opportunity following the application procedure previously outlined.

Please note: contracted start date is NOT 01/11/23. Contract date will be the date a purchase order document is received following award.

 

More information

 

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How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

 

About the buyer

 

Contact name

Tom Burns

Address

Kedleston Road
DERBY
DE221GB
England

Email

procurement@derby.ac.uk