Enterprise Hub Delivery Partner Procurement 2018-2021

The Enterprise Hub is seeking to procure suitable Delivery Partners to support its application for continuation post November 2018. Delivery Partners are invited from organisations that can provide client delivery support at a community based level and provide a minimum of 65% match, and up to 100% contribution to support service implementation. Once the full partnership is confirmed a standardised model of match may be applied. The total eligible budget available is up to £20 Million (including any extension and dependent on EU Programme requirements). The programme is supported by European Regional Development Fund. Enterprise Hub expect to offer Partnership arrangements to between 2 and 12 organisations as a result of this invitation process. Enterprise Hub Delivery Partners will enable and improve; • the capability of individuals who are considering starting their own business to be equipped with the personal financial knowledge and know how to help them establish and sustain their personal and family income levels in the early phase of their enterprise venture and on an ongoing basis • overall business sustainability resulting from greater financial resilience and capability of the new entrepreneur • access to a range of advice services to support people moving into self-employment or starting their own business with a variety of issues personal budgeting and better of calculations, financial planning, transitioning from welfare benefits, access to state support in the initial period of business startup e.g. Council Tax, housing benefit and mortgage interest and universal credit / working tax credits • the confidence levels of people thinking of enterprise as an employment option by ensuring that they can make informed choices and have realistic minimum income forecasts and expectations • connectivity to local public and community based services to help create the operational conditions to support more residents to become economically included • to improve connection with other support systems such as primary and public health and housing • the breath and quality of the Enterprise Hub model to reflect the needs of client's accessing Enterprise Hub services • programme awareness and reach within individual neighbourhoods across Liverpool City Region • delivery of pre-start up and enterprise support within individual neighbourhoods across Liverpool City Region • programme awareness and reach with specific target groups across Liverpool City Region for example; people who have suffered domestic abuse, people who experience mental ill health and distress and people who benefit from specialist support services • alignment with other support services that will facilitate residents social and economic inclusion and support enterprise creation e.g Money Advice Service, Energy Efficiency Advice and Health & Well Being Initiatives • integration with other key mainstream services eg Domestic Abuse, Housing, Community health