Shared Prosperity Fund – Business Support

Devon County Council (DCC) is running a business support programme funded by UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) until March 2025. This will offer a range of support to businesses and start ups in Mid Devon, East Devon, and Exeter. Support will be delivered through a mixture of in-person and online support, on either a 1-2-1 or workshop basis. Support is to be split into four Lots:
Lot 1: General business support
Lot 2: Green business support
Lot 3: Start up support
Lot 4: Job creation and safeguarding support
These lots will support DCC and it’s local authority partners to meet the aims of SPF and achieve specific SPF outputs and outcomes.

Devon County Council will be hosting a virtual Tender Launch Event via Microsoft Teams on Monday 12th June at 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM. This will be an opportunity to discuss the service provision, ask questions and help bidders navigate around the tender documentation and the procurement process. This event will be recorded and will be uploaded to ProContract alongside the presentation shortly afterwards.

If you would like to attend this event, please complete the following Tender Launch Event Form so that we can send you an invite link. NB each attendee must complete a form to receive an invitation.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=gzehjWjLP0S7S5l_d_1b-4mLsw8gtztKu6HIP272CL5UOUFRTkZFU0RQOElGQkZONkE5OU1JTUJHWS4u

The bidder’s total contract price must not exceed:

£83,100 for Lot 1
o £36,900 for Enterprises receiving non financial support
o £13,000 for Enterprises adopting new to the firm technologies or processes
o £18,200 for Enterprises with improved productivity
o £11,700 for Enterprises engaged in new markets
o £3,300 for Enterprises adopting new or improved products or services

£118,900 for Lot 2
o £63,000 for Enterprises receiving non financial support
o £31,200 for Enterprises adopting new to the firm technologies or processes
o £24,700 for Enterprises with improved productivity

£64,800 for Lot 3
o £26,100 for Potential entrepreneurs assisted to be enterprise ready
o £38,700 for New enterprises created as a result of support

£131,450 for Lot 4
o £33,750 for Enterprises receiving non financial support
o £96,000 for Jobs created as a result of support
o £1,700 for Jobs safeguarded as a result of support

Any bidders that exceed these amounts will not be taken forward to further evaluation and will be rejected for the lot (s) in which the requirement was not met, unless all bids do not meet these requirements.

Bids must also confirm a commitment to provide at least the minimum quantity of outputs and outcomes outlined in column B of the pricing schedule document in respect of each description for each lot. Any Bids that do not meet these minimum requirements will not be taken forward to further evaluation and will be rejected for the lot (s) in which the requirement was not met, unless all bids do not meet these requirements.

If all bids fail to provide these commitments, all bids except those who do not allow for each district to obtain the correct share of outputs and outcomes they require for the overall budget they have allocated individually, will be evaluated.

Bids may be submitted for one or more lots.
Bidders who bid for more than one lot must declare that they will enter into the contract for all lots that they bid for if requested by the Authority.
There is no limit on the number of lots to be awarded to one provider. There is a limit of one provider to be appointed to each individual lot.