United Kingdom-Cardiff: Miscellaneous business and business-related services – Framework Lead

The current contract for Miscellaneous business and business-related services – Framework Lead is projected to end on 29-NOV-21 and may be available for retender. Business Wales – Entrepreneurship and SME Support Service.
The Welsh Ministers are seeking to engage with quality providers to deliver its Business Wales service. The service will support young people, start-up businesses and established businesses (predominantly SMEs) through an aligned delivery model.
The support will be split into 2 lots, one covering Youth Entrepreneurship and the other supporting start up and established businesses. Please note, this is not a framework.
Lot 1: The successful contractors will work with young people under 25 through education, business and community groups to encourage youth entrepreneurship in Wales. Services will involve a combination of business led inspirational workshops, a promotional campaign, events and competitions. The service will be delivered across the whole of Wales by a single contractor or a consortium.
Lot 2: The successful contractor will be expected to work with a range of start ups and existing businesses within Wales with access to a broad range and innovative set of solutions. Support will involve a combination of workshops, events and direct face to face support across Wales operating from a network of business hubs. The service will be delivered across the whole of Wales by a single contractor or a consortium.
The ‘Business Wales – Entrepreneurship and SME Support service’ – bidders will need to demonstrate that they have the skill sets and resources required to support young people (lot 1), Start-ups and established businesses (lot 2) in all sectors with resource prioritised as required against impact, for example growth businesses. The service will be fully aligned to provision under the Business Wales Accelerated Growth programme (Contract No: C36/2014/2015). It is intended that the contract period will run from 1.1.2016 to 31.12.2021. Break clauses will be included in the contract which may be exercised for non contractual compliance, reduction in Welsh Government budgetary allocation, change in service direction / policy or any other reason deemed appropriate by the Welsh Ministers to exercise the break clause.
Please note in recognition of the breadth of areas likely to be required aligned to the modern economy, that consortia bids are encouraged for this tender exercise. Please refer to www.wales.gov.uk/jointbidding for advice and assistance on joint
bidding. Furthermore, the Welsh Government will host a supplier briefing session on the 4.6.2015 in Mid Wales (venue to be confirmed).
This contract would like to maximise the opportunities for jobs and growth and will use the Community Benefits policy in the procurement process and within the contract to deliver targeted recruitment and training opportunities to those furthest from the labour market and engage with the relevant support agencies effectively. For more information on the Community Benefits policy, please see<a href=
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Please note that funding for this project has been secured from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The period of the contract awarded will be an initial term of 4 years with an option to extend at the Welsh Ministers’ sole discretion for an additional 2 one year extensions. Accordingly the minimum contract period will be 4 years (subject always to earlier termination), and the maximum permitted contract period will be 6 years. Subject always to the procurement exercise progressing in accordance with the Welsh Ministers’ indicative timetable, it is anticipated that the Contract will commence in January 2016.
Note: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at ID=25428
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