# Contract for the Provision of Business Scale-Up Services for the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership\.

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Somerset County Council](/buyers/somerset-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Wessex Chambers ta Inspire
- Award value: £80,000
- Tender value: £80,000
- Award date: 28 February 2019
- Published: 2 April 2019
- Contract start: 1 May 2019
- Contract end: 29 February 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 47bd6b35-3206-4ff2-917f-17cd8b5a5d82-280060
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-67b3bba1-8e38-41b4-8217-baa24fed179f

## Description

The Heart of the South West LEP is a business-led partnership of 4 County and Unitary Authorities, 15 District Authorities, 4 Universities and 10 FE colleges across Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay and compromises the LEP's operational area\. The LEP is looking to procure an organisation to deliver a programme of support for businesses looking to Scale-Up various elements of their business\. This may include, but not be limited to, reaching a wider customer-base, investing in to new areas of trade, increasing annual turnover, or strengthening their business network\. This will be a pilot project that identifies, engages, and supports scale-up businesses, helping them to grow and bring transformational change to the region's economy\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47bd6b35-3206-4ff2-917f-17cd8b5a5d82-280060)