GB-Newcastle Upon Tyne: T25-0047 Start Up Support Services Framework Lot 3 Enterprise Skills
Northumbria University at NewcastleEstimated Value
£100,000 – £500,000
Deadline
7 July 2026
26 days remaining
Published
9 June 2026
Type
services
Overview
The University is seeking to procure advice, guidance and support for students and graduates that are either considering the idea of self-employment or business start-up as a chosen career path, or who are looking to develop enterprising skills and entrepreneurial mindset to enhance their employability. Support will be delivered using a mixed methods approach, through dedicated one-to-one mentoring sessions, workshops, in-residency days at our on-campus Incubator, as well as through bootcamp style events. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VALUE STIPULATED IS FOR THE TOTAL CONTRACT WHICH CONSISTS OF EIGHT LOTS
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Newcastle University is looking for a provider to deliver business start-up and enterprise skills support to their students and graduates. You'll deliver a mix of one-to-one mentoring, workshops, on-campus incubator sessions, and intensive bootcamp-style events to help students either start their own business or develop entrepreneurial skills to improve their job prospects.
Requirements
- Ability to deliver one-to-one mentoring sessions
- Experience running workshops on enterprise and business start-up topics
- Capacity to deliver in-residency days at the university's on-campus incubator
- Experience running bootcamp-style events
- Mixed-methods delivery capability
- Experience working with university students and recent graduates
- Check full tender documents for any specific sector expertise, certifications, or insurance requirements
Key Tasks & Deliverables
- Deliver dedicated one-to-one mentoring sessions to students considering self-employment or business start-up
- Design and deliver workshops on enterprise skills and entrepreneurial mindset development
- Run in-residency days at the university's on-campus incubator
- Organise and deliver bootcamp-style events focused on start-up support
- Support students wanting to develop enterprising skills to improve employability
- Work with both students actively considering business start-up and those building general entrepreneurial skills
How to Read This Tender
- 1This is part of a larger framework split into 8 separate lots — the total value shown covers all 8 lots combined, not just Lot 3. You need to find the specific budget allocated to Lot 3 (Enterprise Skills) in the full tender documents.
- 2A 'framework' contract means you're bidding to be on an approved supplier list, not necessarily to win all the work immediately. The university will call you off to deliver services as needed during the contract period.
- 3Watch for the contract duration, the expected volume of mentoring sessions, number of workshops, and bootcamp frequency — these will affect your resource planning and pricing.
- 4Look carefully at any quality metrics or success measures the university will use to evaluate your performance (e.g. participant satisfaction scores, number of businesses actually started).
- 5Check whether you need to provide your own venue for some activities or if everything happens on campus — this affects your costs and logistics.
Tips for Small Businesses
- If you're a small training or mentoring business, this could be ideal — but check whether you can meet the volume of delivery and insurance requirements. Consider forming a consortium with other providers if you can't cover all delivery types alone.
- The mixed-methods approach (one-to-one, workshops, bootcamps, incubator sessions) suggests the university values variety — highlight any existing experience you have across these different formats in your bid.
- Universities often score social value highly — emphasize any experience supporting underrepresented groups into entrepreneurship (e.g. women founders, graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds) and any community benefit your delivery brings.
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Northumbria University at NewcastleKey Dates
Published
9 June 2026
Submission deadline
7 July 2026
Notice type
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