# Connecting Innovation: Intensive Support and Brokerage

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority/contract-awards)
- Published: 6 June 2022
- Planned start: 1 August 2022
- Planned end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c7af804e-1aa2-4386-a9de-20c6d9e83ba8-543947
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-68cff6af-d955-4601-8282-03630a85703e

## Description

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\.

## Related contract awards

- [QAS Name Tracer Pro](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8fcec847-6994-4c3d-ad8e-f863bf365be3): West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- [Forensic Case Management System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-dfbb8e94-e7d3-4fb8-9b92-da0bc1b734ee): West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- [Video Forensics and Evidence Analysis](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-070b94eb-a8f0-46ea-9288-e3895627da2b): West Yorkshire Combined Authority

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c7af804e-1aa2-4386-a9de-20c6d9e83ba8-543947)