Tender: Lead Provider for Export Growth and International Market Access Programme – Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

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The Council is seeking a supplier to act as the single Lead Provider to deliver the Export Growth and International Market Access Programme across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. As part of EMCCA's Local Growth Fund business support portfolio, the programme is intended to address market failures associated with exporting, including information asymmetry, capability gaps, compliance barriers, market-entry costs and access to specialist support. The appointed Lead Provider (a single organisation or a consortium with one legally accountable lead) will be responsible for all consortium and subcontracted delivery, performance, data, compliance and administration of a business grant programme, and must provide specialist export support to businesses that want to begin exporting, increase export activity, enter new international markets, improve international competitiveness and develop export-related productivity and digital capability. Required services include export advisory support, export readiness assessments and diagnostics, export action planning, international market access support, workshops, masterclasses and networking events, referral and brokerage services, marketing, promotion and outreach, performance monitoring and reporting, and stakeholder engagement and coordination.