Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c00-3c13-73d8-b68e-b7d6a9a0d6ae/innovation-workshops-erdf awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Innovation Workshops - ERDF [Teesside University](https://tendernation.io/buyers/teesside-university) Estimated value £1 Published 18 Nov 2016 Deadline Closed 6 Jun 2016 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender CPV Codes 79951000 & 79956000. Teesside University require a company to deliver two free-standing but inter-related support strands. The overall aim of both is to support and enable Tees Valley SMEs to innovate. They should focus on hard to reach and/or non-innovating SMEs that do not engage with the University or its project partners. Both strands will run once per year over a three year period, therefore this tender is for a 1+1+1 year arrangement. Strand 1 - We require a company to organise, deliver and promote workshop(s) to Tees Valley SMEs. The aim of this workshop should be to raise awareness and aspirations by developing the SMEs’ understanding of how innovation can apply to them. At the end of the workshop, participants will: - Be able to define innovation - Understand how innovation process management can apply to them - Understand how it can assist them to grow - Motivate them to want to trial innovation products This strand should also include opportunities for one-to-one assessments of support needs and sign-posting to University and partner support services within the broader Innovate Tees Valley project. Strand 2 – Requires a company to organise, deliver and promote a programme of practical workshops that will enable Tees Valley SMEs to innovate in order to bring about and exploit new products, processes and markets at the end of the programme or shortly afterwards. The series of workshops should cover topics such as business modelling, commercialisation pathways and launch planning and allow participants, in groups from the same company or as single participants, to exploit their learning to repeat processes and practice continuous innovation. This project is funded by ERDF and tender documentation can be downloaded from [ne1procurementservices.com](http://ne1procurementservices.com/). Read full description ## CPV classification Seminar organisation services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b132f641-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Teesside University: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/teesside-university) [Sector More Business services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/business-services) ## More tenders like this [Social Housing Emerging Disrupters 6 · Procurement for Housing · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4909-7303-a67f-9c3bff3eb4d8/social-housing-emerging-disrupters-6) [Business travel services – Rahmenvertrag Bearbeitung von Reisekostenabrechnungen nach BRKG · GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-cd6e-73e4-b6e8-3954e5689021/germany-business-travel-services-rahmenvertrag-bearbeitung-von-reisekostenab) [Photocopying services – Externe printdiensten · VZW Sint-Paulusschool · 36 days left · 24 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-34d8-71be-840d-38bf2a8bcc92/belgium-photocopying-services-externe-printdiensten) [Supply services of personnel including temporary staff – Diák- és nyugdíjas munkaerő biztosítása NTH (376) · NTH Nemzeti Tőkeholding Zrt. · 11 days left · 30 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-76f6-70c4-823e-7b614dada7b3/hungary-supply-services-of-personnel-including-temporary-staff-diak-es-nyug) [Interpretation services – Tolktjänster · Stockholms läns sjukvårdsområde · 31 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4e9a-70dc-8b27-e3d274e53dc5/sweden-interpretation-services-tolktjanster) [Printing and distribution services – SGCD53\_MARCHE\_ELECTIONS\_BRGE · Préfecture de la Mayenne · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-7726-73f4-bb67-b3121363d6bf/france-printing-and-distribution-services-sgcd53-marche-elections-brge)