# Rural Enterprise Programme

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Staffordshire County Council](/buyers/staffordshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £65,000
- Published: 24 February 2017
- Planned start: 31 December 2018
- Planned end: 31 March 2019
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 67155e88-d55a-43f6-96a6-e7bd69ebb874-131737
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8e850b5c-c3a9-4647-88f9-82b40ee960a1

## Description

The Rural Enterprise Programme will consist of grants to support SMEs to sympathetically convert under-utilised buildings, transforming them into productive workspaces that increase productivity and create jobs\. See EU definition of SME https://ec\.europa\.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition\_en The programme is intended to target 50 businesses with an anticipated maximum grant of £65000 per business\. Grant Recipient SMEs will provide 60% of match funding\. Total overall project funding available is £2m\. This notice is to alert the market to this opportunity\. No further notices will be issued\. The maximum grant will be £65000 and as such this procurement is not subject to The Public Contracts Regulations 2015\. Full details of the evaluation criteria and scoring mechanism are available in the Grant Application Forms\. Additional information: Please note that the start date for this opportunity is 24/02/2017 and not 31/12/18 as shown in the Summary Information\. Grant information and application forms can be requested forthwith\. Further details and grant application forms can be requested by emailing: REP@staffordshire\.gov\.uk

## Related contract awards

- [Secondment of Waterman Aspen Staff under the MHA Framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e5e232b1-4730-4401-bec6-e211c4f440f1): Staffordshire County Council
- [Tarmac Call Offs](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a27c7014-b4be-433c-be30-d4cc3047792a): Staffordshire County Council
- [IA3213 Staffordshire Children and Young People's Flexible Framework Contract Awards](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5edb3b34-46d6-472d-a2ad-5ff332b6a605): Staffordshire County Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/67155e88-d55a-43f6-96a6-e7bd69ebb874-131737)