Enhanced International Trade Advisory — Regional Delivery Partner(s) Service Contract(s)

Descriptions

The appointment of Regional Delivery Partners to provide Enhanced International Trade Advisory (EITA) Services including local support across England aimed at helping UK businesses to internationalise through exporting. The current International Trade Advisory (ITA) Service is delivered by seven delivery partners over nine English regions. The DIT is procuring five (5) new contracts to provide an ‘Enhanced’ service that will ensure service continuity and make pragmatic improvements that will substantially improve the value delivered and respond to the ambition set out in the Government’s Export Strategy of 2018.The five (5) regions are: North of England, the Midlands, London, the South and East and the South and West. Each region will be procured as a separate lot.Estimated total contract value range is GBP 84 m to GBP 127 m (excluding TUPE costs and inflation). The upper value includes the 12-month extension and deployment of optional services subject to funding and performance.