CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

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2 Contract Details

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Title

Help to Grow: Management Programme - Mentors

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Description of the goods or services required

Cardiff Metropolitan University is seeking to contract with a small number of suitably skilled and experienced Business Mentors to assist the University in the delivery of a management development programme entitled “Help to Grow”.

The Cardiff School of Management enjoys an international reputation for excellence in its teaching, research and enterprise activity. The schools’ Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre (“CLEC”) was created in 2007 and delivers top class leadership training to the future leaders of both private and public sector organisations.

CLEC has been awarded funding from the UK Government through the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) to deliver the Help to Grow Management (H2GM) Programme from 2021 to 2024.

The Help to Grow Management Programme is a 12-week UK Government funded programme delivered by leading business schools across the UK, all of which are accredited by the Small Business Charter. 30,000 places are being funded throughout the UK over a three-year period by the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

The programme will combine a practical curriculum, 12 weeks of modules, plus 1:1 support from a business mentor, peer-learning sessions, and an alumni network.

Designed to be manageable alongside full-time work, the programme will support small business leaders to develop their strategic skills with 12 key modules covering a range of skills which will help them to develop a tailored sustainable business growth plan which will lead their business to its full potential.

The University is therefore looking to complete the main infrastructure for the H2GM Programme by tendering to appoint a small team of business mentors, through a framework arrangement, to help deliver this programme. The UK Government has granted funding for the provision of business mentors for the first year of the programme only. The University's requirement is therefore to cover this first year period only.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

ITT/21/023

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

The tender documents are available on the Cardiff Met Intend e-tender portal. Please register on the portal to obtain access, registration is free of charge. Select Tenders and Current.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice