Invitation to Tender: Framework for the Provision of Venues

South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership Ltd (SEMLEP) and its delivery partners, First Ascent Consultancy Ltd, Wenta LLP and Pera Consulting Ltd and any other sub-contractors who are procured to deliver the Velocity Growth Hub, will be delivering half-day business workshops and full-day conferences/exhibitions in the 11 districts of the South East Midlands from April 2016 to November 2018. The local authority areas are: • Aylesbury Vale • Bedford • Central Bedfordshire • Cherwell • Corby • Daventry • Kettering • Luton • Milton Keynes • Northampton • South Northamptonshire Approximately 140 half-day workshops and 5 full-day conferences are expected to be delivered across the South East Midlands in each full calendar year, we can not guarantee how many will be in each area but it is likely to be a minimum of 4 half day workshops. SEMLEP and its delivery partners wish to enter into a framework agreement with venues that meet the minimum standards of reliability in its venue requirements specification (see below) to host the workshops and conferences.