Invitation to Tender for Consultancy and Expert Support: Cheshire and Warrington Business Growth Programme ERDF Ref: 03R15P00036

The University of Chester is seeking tenders for consultants/suppliers to deliver business support to SME's and Entrepreneurs in order to achieve our agreed outputs for the Cheshire and Warrington Business Growth Programme. The purpose of this tender is to engage with specialists with practical experience of supporting individuals and small business owners. The appointed supplier(s) will be required to offer quality and a value for money approach to this activity, supported by best practice and experience of similar work. The tender/contract is split into 10 lots, reflecting the length/complexity of the session and the subject type. A breakdown of the lots is provided in the tender documents. The European Regional Development Funded (ERDF) Cheshire and Warrington Business Growth Programme is a consortium of North West based partners set up to deliver business growth activities across priority sectors from 2016-2018. With a £2.7m investment of ERDF, this innovative programme brings together key business support providers across Cheshire and Warrington to offer businesses access to a variety of services. The University of Chester is a delivery partner for the Cheshire and Warrington Business Growth Programme and has a set of individual outputs to be achieved by the end of December 2018. The programme will also utilise the specialist expertise and facilities available from other Higher and Further Education partners and Local Authority Growth Teams as well as several science and business parks within the sub-region.