# BEST Workshop Programme Support Initiative

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Southend-on-sea Borough Council](/buyers/southend-on-sea-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: LAR Consultancy Ltd
- Award value: £60,000
- Award date: 18 September 2017
- Published: 8 November 2017
- Contract start: 25 September 2017
- Contract end: 31 March 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2163b01d-69a3-43e9-8690-02eda8de0f00-180657
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d6b54b02-5a06-4a6c-ba5c-0103e0c5af07

## Description

The BEST Growth Hub \(BGH\) is funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy \(BEIS\) and is overseen by the South East Local Enterprise Partnership \(SELEP\)\. Delivery of the project is being managed by a collective of Local Authorities, led by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council\. The Successful Bidder will be awarded a contract which will enable them to charge a predetermined fee for providing a set of business support workshops for businesses according to the instructions laid down in this specification\. There is one single contract on offer to deliver business support workshops both in classroom and webinar format\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2163b01d-69a3-43e9-8690-02eda8de0f00-180657)