Northamptonshire County Council Start-up Business Support Advisors for the Ready2Grow (R2G) Project

Northamptonshire County Council is seeking to procure specialist support to deliver a programme of start-upbusiness support as part of the “Ready2Grow” (R2G) project, an initiative part-funded by European RegionalDevelopment Funding (ERDF) and delivered in partnership with the Northamptonshire Growth Hub, Universityof Northampton, and Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership.

There are two Start-up Business Advisor roles to be procured, one with a focus on supporting young people,and the other with a focus on supporting women and the BME community – all key target groups identified asneeding more local support. Tender responses are invited for proposals covering one or both of the Start-up Business Advisor roles.

Additional information: The Authority is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with Potential Providers.

There will be no hard copy documents issued to Potential Providers and all communications with The Authority including, submission of Potential Providers’ responses, will be conducted via The Authority’s ‘LGSS eSourcing Portal’ The portal is powered by Due North and located at: www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk Potential Providers requiring assistance in using the LGSS eSourcing Portal should contact the Due North support desk Mon to Fri, 08:30 to 17:30 Tel: 01670 597137 Email: support@due-north.com