Dynamic Purchasing System - Business coaching/mentoring services for SME's

Cornwall College Further Education Corporation are inviting suppliers to participate in a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of the following business coaching services in a range business sectors: o Mentoring Services. o Workshop Delivery Services. o Expert Speaker Service.

Typically the services shall be delivered to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) located in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, however the College may require suppliers to provide the services throughout the UK.

The DPS will be managed by the College's e-tendering system In-Tend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cornwall/ and remain open from 5th August 2016 for a maximum duration of four years.

In order to obtain additional detail about this DPS an interested supplier must register and express an interest in this requirement via In-Tend, thereafter Stage 1 - Request to Participate which includes full detail of the DPS tender process, an overview of the College's requirements and the Supplier Questionnaire shall be be released to the interested supplier.

Additional information: The College's electronic tendering system In-Tend will be used to manage this Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which shall remain open from 5th August 2016 for a maximum duration of four years.

In order to obtain additional detail about this DPS an interested supplier must register and express an interest in this requirement via In-Tend using the following web-link, thereafter Stage 1 - Request to Participate which includes full detail of the DPS tender process, an overview of the College's requirements and the Supplier Questionnaire shall be released to the interested supplier.

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cornwall/

Delivery Notes

The services shall be delivered to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) located in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, however the College may require suppliers to provide the services throughout the UK.

Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : EU

Funding Description

The services associated with this DPS include two projects (C4G and CBS) which are receiving up to £15m (£9m and £6m respectively) of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. The Department for Communities and Local Government (and in London the intermediate body Greater London Authority) is the Managing Authority for European Regional Development Fund. Established by the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regenerations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding

Notwithstanding the above the College may also use this DPS where the College is bidding for, or successfully secures contracts funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020 (ESIF), European Social Fund (ESF) and or European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No