The North East LEP is seeking to appoint a company to develop and deliver a Manufacturing Advisory Programme (MAP) as part of the North East Growth Hub.

The MAP will provide a targeted one-to-one diagnostic, signposting and action planning service to manufacturing businesses that have:

• Growth potential (hold the aspiration to significantly scale their business – upwards of 20% employee or turnover growth per annum).

• Fall within one of the North East’s areas of ‘smart specialisation‘.

We are seeking a partner who can leverage and build on the North East LEP’s investment to expand the impact of the MAP.

The quotation document, along with a detailed service specification of our requirements and accompanying documents can be accessed via the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) portal here.

Please note, companies must be registered on the NEPO portal in order to access the documentation. Once registration has been accepted, applicants will then need to return to the opportunity on the portal, login and register interest in this contract in order to access the documentation.

Submissions must be returned via the NEPO portal before 12:00 noon on Friday 15 April 2016.

Please note that submissions will not be accepted in either hard copy or e-mail. All completed submissions must be submitted electronically via the NEPO e-tender system portal.

For further information please contact Virginia Ainsley, Procurement Category Officer – [email protected].