# Business Start-Up Support Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Warwickshire County Council](/buyers/warwickshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce](/contract-winners/coventry-warwickshire-chamber-of-commerce/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £604,103
- Tender value: £604,103
- Award date: 25 July 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 25 July 2016
- Contract end: 31 December 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b8d0b48b-3406-48f5-a8d1-5ce74318d220-106893
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-132bc6c4-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Warwickshire County Council \(the Authority\),on behalf of North Warwickshire Borough Council, Rugby Borough Council, Stratford-on-Avon District Council and Warwick District Council is looking to appoint a specialist organisation to deliver a start-up support service across Warwickshire\. The service should provide support to individuals who have ambitions to start a business and start-up businesses in their 1st 12 months of trading\. The service will be part funded by the England European Regional development Fund \(ERDF\) as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth programme 2014-2020\. Additional information: The initial contract term will be until December 2018 however the Authority reserves the right to extend the contract by a further period of up to 12 months \(12 months being the maximum available extension period\.\) Any extension is at the discretion of the Authority and subject to funding and the performance of the successful applicant\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b8d0b48b-3406-48f5-a8d1-5ce74318d220-106893)