Export Growth and International Market Access Programme
- Buyer
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Value
- £810,000
- Closes
- 7 December 2026
- Where
- Nottingham, the East Midlands
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
Nottinghamshire County Council wants to appoint one lead provider, worth £810,000, to run an export support programme for businesses across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. The programme helps businesses start exporting, grow existing export sales, enter new overseas markets and improve their international competitiveness.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver export advice, readiness assessments, action planning and market access support, plus workshops, masterclasses, networking events, referrals and promotional outreach. • Administer a business grant programme, and monitor performance and report on it. • Take legal responsibility for all delivery, data, compliance and grant administration, including work done by any consortium partners or subcontractors.
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: The contract is a single £810,000 award to one accountable lead provider, which also makes that provider responsible for all subcontracted delivery, data, compliance and grant administration, so a small business would most likely be ruled out unless it can take on that scale and level of responsibility, either alone or as the lead in a consortium.
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How to bid
This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.
Where to apply
The notice doesn't say where to apply. Nottinghamshire County Council uses ProContract for its other tenders, so start there: make a free account, then search for this tender's title.
Questions about this tender? Email the buyer at corporate.procurement@nottscc.gov.uk.
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