Rural Enterprise Programme Grants Staffordshire

The Rural Enterprise Programme will consist of grants to support SMEs to sympathetically convert under-utilised buildings.

Contract summary

Industry

Construction and Real Estate, Printing and Publishing

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£10k – £65k

Published date

24 February 2017

Closing date

30 December 2018

Contract start date

31 December 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Description

The Rural Enterprise Programme will consist of grants to support SMEs to sympathetically convert under-utilised buildings, transforming them into productive workspaces that increase productivity and create jobs. See EU definition of SME https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en

The programme is intended to target 50 businesses with an anticipated maximum grant of £65000 per business. Grant Recipient SMEs will provide 60% of match funding. Total overall project funding available is £2m.

This notice is to alert the market to this opportunity. No further notices will be issued. The maximum grant will be £65000 and as such this procurement is not subject to The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Full details of the evaluation criteria and scoring mechanism are available in the Grant Application Forms.

About the buyer

Contact name

Hilary Foxley, Rural Enterprise Programme Manager

Address

Staffordshire Place 2,
Tipping Street
Stafford
ST16 2DH
England

Telephone

01785 277400

Email

REP@staffordshire.gov.uk

Other information

Attachments

Please note that the start date for this opportunity is 24/02/2017 and not 31/12/18 as shown in the Summary Information. Grant information and application forms can be requested forthwith. Further details and grant application forms can be requested by emailing: REP@staffordshire.gov.uk