# Connecting Innovation: Intensive Support and Brokerage

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: RTC North Limited
- Award value: £147,500
- Award date: 22 August 2022
- Published: 20 September 2022
- Contract start: 22 August 2022
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d18574ec-2917-4848-89e3-e1647da6c328-573099
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-68b78a11-9aa7-4ad0-bbe2-73e8c06205be

## Description

CONTRACT AWARD The West Yorkshire Combined Authority wishes to commission a supplier to deliver tailored individual packages of innovation support to SME's in the Leeds City Region totalling a minimum of 12 hours per business, focussed specifically on areas of business innovation as part of the ERDF funded Connecting Innovation Programme\. This support can be utilised to build business innovation awareness, capability or capacity and should result in a minimum of 60 Leeds City Region based SME's receiving at least 12 hours of support to increase their innovation propensity, capability or capacity by 31 March 2023\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d18574ec-2917-4848-89e3-e1647da6c328-573099)