Compete North East - Collaborate, Compete and Win more contracts
Service to Commissioners
Compete North East was initially established to maximise opportunities from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games for North East businesses. Funded by the Regional Development Agency One North East, the original investment helped the region’s businesses win at least £52m in new business from Olympic projects and beyond, supporting essential economic growth in the region.
Compete North East offers a supplier development and supply chain development service to small and medium sized businesses. Its primary aim is to effectively open up procurement opportunities and associated supply chain opportunities to SMEs, enabling them to grow and succeed.
We do this by offering the support and advice that smaller businesses need to overcome any of the barriers that prevent them from successfully tendering and to progress to winning new business. It also proactively matches opportunities from within and beyond the region with potential suppliers.
To date Compete North East has:
- Provided 640 businesses with intensive assistance through events and 1:1 meetings
- Staged 85 events, reaching over 1300 SMEs, informing and training businesses to ensure they were ready to win contract opportunities
- Helped 2,500 businesses publish a business profile on the CompeteFor database which identified their core abilities, accreditations and experience
- Developed a legacy of tendering skills and strengthened supply chain connections within the North East which can be expected to deliver many millions of pounds worth of further business growth in coming years.
Compete North East has an established reputation for being innovate and proactive. We respond to changing market requirements and are able to provide advice and technical support to a wide range of clients and sectors.
Our Services Include:
- Identifying opportunities for SMEs and alerting businesses to these opportunities
- Proactively matching contract business opportunities with SMEs and larger businesses
- Training and developing potential suppliers to improve their performance when tendering for contracts
- Identifying and disseminating sector specific market intelligence on future business opportunities to regional businesses via a range of communications channels
- Facilitating introductions to key buyers involved in major regional and national procurement contracts, across a wide range of sectors
- Encouraging businesses to collaborate to tender and win business
- Offering businesses mentoring support prior to and post tendering
- Providing a sourcing and matching service for public and private sector bodies and purchasing organisations seeking suppliers in the North East and beyond
- Creating a comprehensive supplier network, skilled and capable in delivering innovative, niche and highly sought after services and products, establishing a lasting, robust legacy which will continue to support business growth in coming years
At Compete North East we are well aware of the urgency created by the UK’s slow journey out of recession. SMEs need new business and contractors need capable and competitive suppliers. That’s why we have developed and use methodologies that get proven rapid results.
