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
- Attachments
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- Help to Grow Business Mentor Job Description.docx
- Bidding documents
- Help to Grow Business Mentor Job Description
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- Help to Grow Management – Mentor Person Specification – 27 May FINAL.pptx
- Technical specifications
- Help to Grow Mentor Person Specification
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- Help to Grow Mentor Application Form.odt
- Bidding documents
- Help to Grow Mentor Application Form
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- Supplier Code of Conduct.docx
- Bidding documents
- Supplier Code of Conduct
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- Supplier Conflict of Interest.docx
- Conflict of interest
- Supplier Conflict of Interest
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- Supplier Minimum Requirements.docx
- Bidding documents
- Supplier Minimum Requirements
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