Design and delivery of a blended, high-volume management team development programme for Enterprise Ireland Client SMEs. Platform 4 Growth

Enterprise Ireland

Enterprise Ireland invites applications from suitably
competent organisations to be considered for the
award of a Single Party Framework Agreement for
the design and delivery of a blended, high-volume
management team development programme for
Enterprise Ireland Client SMEs to be known as
Platform 4 Growth.
The objective of this programme is to build multi-
sector SME management team capability to drive
export growth. The programme content is anchored
in the SME Functional Competency Framework
currently in development by EI. This competency
framework outlines six growth capability areas:
strategy, strategic finance, leadership/people,
sales/marketing, operations and innovation.
As a result of completing Platform 4 Growth Programme,
participating companies will:
(I) Develop capability in strategic analysis, design
and execution which will realise their international
growth ambitions;
(II) Be equipped with the skills necessary to develop
and implement a strategic plan from a financial
perspective;
(III) Be inspired to embrace practical approaches to
leading, managing and motivating their teams to
achieve ambition to scale;
(IV) Apply tools and techniques to increase
international sales that are profitable and
sustainable;
(V) Begin to engage in a process of continuous
improvement to become and remain competitive, by
outperforming the competition;
(VI) Be motivated to innovate within their business,
applying appropriate innovation frameworks to
deliver better value to their customer base;
(VII) Establish a trusted network of peers,
sustainable in the long-term;
(VIII) Ultimately, develop a stronger and more
cohesive senior management team, ready to develop
and implement a strategic Growth Action Plan.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-03-11. The procurement was published on 2016-02-17.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2016-02-17 Contract notice