Business Gateway Argyll and Bute - One to Many and One to One Specialist Support Framework Agreement – 2023 – 2025-7
The Council requires to establish a framework contract for the provision of specialist support to SMEs, across a variety of subjects and in a variety of ways. Subject areas include: Marketing, PR, Digital (including DigitalBoost), Finance and Funding, Business Strategy - Growth & Resilience, HR, Internationalisation, Procurement & Supplier Management and an Intensive Growth Programme.
Buyer
Argyll and Bute Council
Value
£300,000
Published
18 May 2023
Closes
13 Mar 2023
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
Scotland
Procurement method
Open
Category
Services
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
80500000
Training services
79342000
Marketing services
79413000
Marketing management consultancy services
79000000
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
79340000
Advertising and marketing services
79400000
Business and management consultancy and related services
79411100
Business development consultancy services
79900000
Miscellaneous business and business-related services
Lots
Lot 1 Marketing
£300,000
Lot 1 - Marketing – developing a marketing plan, competitor and market analysis, customer profiling and segmentation, develeoping the marketing mix, reviewing and improving current marketing activity, branding and brand development, implementing offline marketing activity, choosing and briefing marketing contractors.
Delivery: Scotland
Lot 2 PR
£300,000
Lot 2 - PR – planning and delivering PR, storytelling and practical techniques for writing content (marketing literature, press releases, blogging), managing negative PR, reviewing and improving current PR activity choosing and briefing PR contractors.
Delivery: Scotland
Lot 3 Digital (including DigitalBoost)
£300,000
Lot 3 - Digital (including DigitalBoost) – content management tools, website building, development and review, using social media for business, online trading. Planning digital marketing, social media platforms, improving website performance, SEO, digital and video content creation, app development and usage, new technologies. IT connectivity, cyber security...
Delivery: Scotland
Lot 4 Finance and Funding
£300,000
Lot 4 - Finance and Funding – understanding book-keeping requirements and management accounts, financial analysis, mergers and acquisitions, financial business planning. Funding support - identifying the funding needed, different types of funding (traditional lending, public sector, venture capital, new funding models such as crowdfunding), supporting the pr...
Delivery: Scotland
Lot 5 HR
£300,000
Lot 5 - HR – becoming an employer, managing staff, legislation, leadership, managing change, performance management, redundancy.
Delivery: Scotland
Lot 6 Business Strategy - Growth & Resilience
£300,000
Lot 6 - Business Strategy – Growth & Resilience – setting objectives and organisational goals, evaluating current performance, identifying and assessing opportunities, defining priorities, creating action plans to achieve growth and resiience and identifying the resources required.
Delivery: Scotland
Lot 7 Internationalisation
£300,000
Lot 7 - Internationalisation – preparing for export, choosing markets, identifying opportunities, international sales online, finding agents, distributors and suppliers, legislative requirements, importing.
Delivery: Scotland
Lot 8 Tendering and Supply Chain
£300,000
Lot 8 - Tendering and Supply Chain – understanding and preparing for the tender process (private & public sector), creating tender documents, analysis of tender feedback and improving bids, managing supply chains, expenditure analysis, sourcing suppliers, contracts and agreements, added value and community benefits.
Delivery: Scotland
Lot 9 Intensive Growth Programme
£300,000
Lot 9 - Intensive Growth and Resilience Programme – to help business owners achieve a step change in their approach through a short, structured, intensive programme of support. It should be aimed at businesses looking to increase their ability to cope with a changing business environment, including rising costs, and identify the right opportunities to develo...
Delivery: Scotland
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