Consultancy Services to deliver the HS2 Employment and Skills Strategy for Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire

On behalf of the East Midlands HS2 Board, Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking a response to an open tender for the provision of Consultancy Services to deliver the HS2 Employment and Skills Strategy for Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire. The strategy will support the East Midland's response to the HS2 phase 2b route and the wider East Midlands Growth Strategy.

Service providers are invited to tender to deliver the HS2 Employment and Skills strategy in line with the full Specification provided with the tender pack. The Specification and full tender pack are available further to registering an interest in the opportunity at https://www.eastmidstenders.org.

Potential bidders need to be aware that the HS2 Employment and Skills strategy requires delivering in relatively short timescales.

The HS2 Employment and Skills strategy requires delivering by the 22nd May 2017 in order to inform the final overarching HS2 Growth strategy. It is anticipated that the start date for this contract will be the 6th March 2017.

The maximum contract value for the services as described in the Part 3 specification is £50,000.