Export Growth and International Market Access Programme

The Council is seeking to appoint a single Lead Provider to deliver the Export Growth and International Market Access Programme across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

The Lead Provider may be a single organisation or a consortium with one legally accountable lead provider. The Lead Provider shall remain responsible for all consortium and subcontracted delivery, performance, data, compliance and grant administration.

The Programme forms part of EMCCA's Local Growth Fund (LGF) business support portfolio and 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 contracted service shall provide specialist export support to businesses seeking to:

• Begin exporting;
• Increase export activity;
• Enter new international markets;
• Improve international competitiveness; and
• Develop export-related productivity and digital capability.

The successful Provider will be required to deliver services including, but not limited to:

• 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 activity;
• Administration of a business grant programme;
• Performance monitoring and reporting; and
• Stakeholder engagement and coordination.