Public tenders for financial in Liverpool United Kingdom

In accordance with good practice The Riverside Group Ltd (TRGL) is committed to regularly reviewing the provision of external audit, tax and financial consultancy services.

TRGL seeks to appoint a single Candidate to cover (a) external audit (b) certification of loan covenant compliance (c) tax compliance (d) retainer service for basic tax matters and (e) tax advisory.

There maybe an ad-hoc requirement for (f) financial consultancy services.

The first accounting period to be covered by this contract will be the year ending 31.3.2017.

The devolution deal between Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and Government, agreed on 17.11.2015, secured a commitment to establish a Single Investment Fund (SIF) for the Liverpool City Region (LCR). The SIF brings together local and national funds with those secured through devolution (30 000 000 GBP per annum). The fund will help to deliver the City Region's targets for growth and secure long-term prosperity for our residents and businesses.

The recently published Single Growth Strategy ‘Building Our Future’ provides a framework to guide investment decisions. With a focus on business development, research and development, innovation, skills, infrastructure and homes, the SIF will be aligned with the three Pillars in the Growth Strategy — Productivity, People, Place — and the priorities of our local, regional and national partners.

The devolution deal between Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and Government, agreed on 17 November 2015, secured a commitment to establish a Single Investment Fund (SIF) for the Liverpool City Region (LCR). The SIF brings together local and national funds with those secured through devolution (30 000 000 GBP per annum). The fund will help to deliver the City Region's targets for growth and secure long-term prosperity for our residents and businesses.

The recently published Single Growth Strategy ‘Building Our Future’ provides a framework to guide investment decisions. With a focus on business development, research and development, innovation, skills, infrastructure and homes, the SIF will be aligned with the three Pillars in the Growth Strategy — Productivity, People, Place — and the priorities of our local, regional and national partners.

Crown Commercial Service (CCS), as the Contracting Authority, intends to put in place a pan government commercial arrangement for the provision of a range of business and management consultancy and related services to potentially cover the following:

— Multi specialism programme delivery;

— Management consultancy — policy development and advice; organisational strategy;

— Functional advice and support — change management (PPM); human resource management; procurement; information and communications technology;

— Financial advice and financial strategy;

— Audit — internal audit and advice; other assurance and advice; financial audit and investigation; external audit and advice;

— A range of other services associated with the provision of consultancy within the public sector.

The above is subject to change.

This commercial arrangement will replace the existing RM1502 ConsultancyONE framework, currently managed by CCS. It is possible that the new arrangement will be split into lots, or different procurement vehicles. The structure of these lots/ vehicles has yet to be determined.

The purpose of this PIN is to:

— Provide advance notice that CCS (as the Contracting Authority) is to consider undertaking a tendering exercise to set up a new contracting vehicle to service Central Government and Wider Public Sector Organisations for business and management consultancy and related services.

— Identify suppliers who would like to participate in industry days. The purpose of these days is to explain the business requirement and procurement strategy options in more detail. They will also provide an opportunity for suppliers to engage, ask questions, seek feedback and input into the commercial strategy. It is anticipated that these events will take place on 23, 24 and 25.2.2016 in London and 1.3.2016 in Manchester. Full details are subject to final confirmation. If you would like to express an interest in attending 1 of these events please e-mail the address below, stating your preferred location, ensuring the subject line starts with the words ‘Industry Day’, providing your contact details (name, title, company name, company address, telephone contact number, e-mail address) advisory.services@crowncommercial.gov.uk

CCS is to set up a Panel of ‘full service’ providers of legal services to central Government and associated bodies in England, Wales, Scotland and N.I. to cover specialist legal advice and project support to cover the following Mandatory Services characterised by their impact on national financial stability, issues of national importance, or which involve the management of major risks to exchequer/taxpayer interests and the need for extreme urgency/confidentiality.

— Highly complex/innovative projects;

— Corporate Finance;

— Rescue, restructuring of strategically important entities;

— Financial Services, market and competition regulation;

— Investment and commercial banking;

— Insurance / re-insurance;

— Investment / Asset management;

— Equity and Debt capital markets;

— Asset finance;

— Highly complex transactions in regulated markets / environments;

— High value, complex mergers / acquisitions.

This PIN replaces the previous PIN with call for competition, (2016/S 044-072059) published on 3.3.2016. This procurement relates to legal services within the meaning of Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015). Given that this procurement process relates to ‘social and other specific services’ only, it is subject to limited regulation and will be conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 of PCR 2015. Any references to fully regulated processes or procedures are for ease of reference only and should not be taken as recognition nor acceptance that the same apply in this instance.

The anticipated start date of the Panel is 31.8.2017.

The anticipated number of providers to be appointed to the Panel is Nine (9).

The Enterprise Hub is seeking to procure suitable Community Delivery Partners to support the continued development and implementation of an integrated enterprise support services in Liverpool City Region (LCR). Enterprise Hub Community 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 neighborhoods 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 and Well Being Initiatives;

— integration with other key mainstream services e.g. Domestic Abuse, Housing, Community Health and GP services

Enterprise Hub is a comprehensive community engagement, enterprise promotion and business support programme, which fosters the creation of new enterprises from pre-start to early stage businesses and social enterprises. It achieves this through delivering an innovative package of services which helps prepare individuals considering creating an enterprise or a social enterprise. Enterprise Hub deploys a number of measures and community development approaches including community outreach, awareness raising, advice, workshops, mentoring and network development to provide a holistic model of support. In addition, it is now seeking to expand its Community Partner collaborative to ensure that it is meeting client need and achieves additional community and neighbourhood reach and added value.

Enterprise Hub provides support to a diverse target group of potential-entrepreneurs living in LCR including men, women, employed and unemployed residents, BME and disabled residents and graduates mapped against the LCR Combined Authority footprint and based on specific local authority geography.

Enterprise Hub is led by the City of Liverpool College (CoLC) who are acting as accountable body and The Women's Organisation who are acting as managing partner. Enterprise Hub is part funded through the European Regional Development Fund.