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On behalf of the NP11 (Northern Powerhouse 11) group of Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership is seeking to procure capacity to support the development and delivery of NP11's policy and evidence programme. Initial thinking is for a senior individual contracted for 24 hours per week, embedded within the NP11 team, with additional support aligned with the project objectives (see below) as required; however, we are open to alternative arrangements that add value. The contract is expected to complete by 30th September 2023. Working closely with the thematic and workstream leads, activity will include supporting the development and delivery of the NP11's Northern Evidence Network; provide policy input required to meet the needs of the NP11, Northern LEPs and partners; develop and deliver responses to various calls for evidence; support the delivery of commissioned policy activity; and some administrative support for the secretariat function of NP11. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Bidders are required to submit tenders in an electronic format (i.e. MS Word/PDF) of no more than four pages A4 detailing how you would approach this commission, including: • Your understanding of the brief and your ability address key challenges, including provision of adequate capacity • Your understanding of NP11 and the specific political environment in which it operates. • Your experience of delivering work of similar focus, scale and budget • Names, job titles and short role descriptions of the people who would work on this commission, noting their technical capabilities • A breakdown of costs, including details of your day rate and estimated days/ hours Submissions should be sent via email FAO David Levene to: tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions and all requested documentation relating to this stage is 1700 hours (5pm) on 16th September. Late submissions will not be accepted.

The aim of this commission is to 1) develop our understanding of the barriers to digital connectivity and adoption within Cheshire and Warrington and (2) identify and prioritise interventions to reduce/overcome them. We consider those barriers could include to varying degrees a lack of broadband, infrastructure and connections, peoples' level of skill, capability and confidence, and issues pertaining to inclusion whether by choice (i.e., lack of motivation to use digital) or forced through factors such as affordability or availability of devices and connections. We seek to understand what is holding back businesses and people from adopting digital. It is our aim to understand the "real" barriers, which may be different for our various communities e.g., residents, businesses, suppliers etc. We intend to use the outputs from this study to work with our partners to refresh the digital strategies for Cheshire and Warrington to ensure they are effective, compelling, will maximise investment, and deliver for people, businesses and places. We also seek to assess whether existing support (e.g., from BDUK) and planning regulations are effective enablers to improving digital coverage and access. We recognise that resources to deliver improvements will be limited and we seek to identify where and how best to deploy them, i.e., either a clearly defined plan for implementation or set of criteria against which possible projects can be evaluated prioritising those which will make the greatest difference. The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions and all requested documentation relating to this stage is 17:00 hours (5pm) on 23rd November 2022. Late submissions will not be accepted. Submissions will only be accepted if they are returned via email to tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com Bidders should not send their completed submissions to/copy in any other email address. Tenderers are advised that it is compulsory to complete and return all of the following documents in the format provided as per the instructions of this ITT. All questions must be answered, where a question does not apply please state "Not applicable". Failure to complete the documents in full and/or provide all documentation will result in a non-compliant tender submission and will mean that your tender is not considered. 1. Form of Tender Declaration (Appendix 1) 2. Pricing Schedule (Appendix 2) 3. Supplier Technical Questions & Answer Sheet (Appendix 3)

While Cheshire & Warrington are still in the early stages of the Skills Bootcamp programme there is a growing need to continue to make and grow the market for Cheshire & Warrington, and develop and deliver targeted communications to our four audiences (learners, employers (large and small), training providers and referral partners). While the Department for Education have developed a communications guide, we want to better understand our audiences and ensure the programme is established and setup for success in Cheshire & Warrington. The piece of work will need to focus across all the DfE approved categories for Skills Bootcamps. We therefore require support across three areas: drawing on good practice; awareness and understanding of the offer; and getting the right crafted message out. Submissions should be sent via email, stating in the email subject which tender the submission relates to. Completed submissions should be sent to the tender contact stated above only and must be submitted by the deadline for submissions. Submissions sent by other means may not be accepted at the discretion of CWLEP. Submission deadline is 17:00 on 30th November. tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com

Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (The LEP) is looking to appoint consultants to work with the LEP, local authorities and other subregional partners to refresh, consolidate and reframe our economic strategy to ensure it meets our new sustainable and inclusive growth vision, is effective, compelling, will maximise investment, and deliver our wider economic priorities for people, businesses and places. The subregion has a significant local evidence base developed over several years and recently refreshed in 2022. It has built on our Strategic Economic Plan (SEP), Local Industrial Strategy (LIS), the LEP Recovery Plan (2021-22) and the Plans of our three local authorities. We have recently refreshed our evidence base in 2022 to take account of the recent changes to the external environment such as Covid, EU exit, Net Zero, Levelling Up and other government policies, and our new vision for healthy, sustainable and inclusive growth. Under the commission the Consultants will: • Review the recently completed evidence base update. • Review/evaluate progress to date against existing subregional strategic plans (mainly SEP, LIS, Recovery Plan) • Engage with our three local authority partners to undertake a desktop review of local economic and associated strategies (each area's key strategies as a minimum) regarding alignment on the subregional sustainable and inclusive economic priorities; • Develop an initial think piece for the LEP on potential approaches to developing a more proactive, innovative, sustainable and inclusive economic plan for Cheshire and Warrington, with a review of the levers and powers at the area's collective disposal (existing and potential); • Work with the LEP, local authorities and key stakeholders to translate headline priorities into areas where intervention might be required to build on successes or address weaknesses, and improve resilience, aligned to local and national priorities; • Development of supporting presentation material related to key economic, growth and sectoral messages, within the lens of sustainable and inclusive growth, and inclusion of any additional meta data/technical annexes, maps/databases where relevant; • Advice/proposal on targets/KPI's that could be used to monitor progress on the delivery of the sustainable and inclusive economic plan. The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions and all requested documentation relating to this stage is 16:00 hours (4pm) on 1st December 2022. Late submissions will not be accepted. Submissions will only be accepted if they are returned via email to tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com Bidders should not send their completed submissions to/copy in any other email address.

On behalf of the NP11 (Northern Powerhouse 11) group of Local Enterprise Partnerships, and the Northern Place & Culture Partnership which the NP11 convenes, the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership ("The LEP") is seeking to procure capacity to support the development and delivery of the Place & Culture Partnership's programme; which seeks to convene partners in the delivery of improved nature, cultural, and heritage assets that deliver stronger, more inclusive growth. Initial thinking is for a senior individual contracted for 32 hours per week, embedded within the NP11 team and reporting into the Partnership Steering Group, with additional support aligned with the project objectives (see below) as required; however, we are open to alternative arrangements that add value. The contract is expected to complete by 22nd December 2023. Working closely with members of the Partnership, activity will be focused on the actions identified in the recently agreed Delivery Framework (attached), coordinating supporting activity, and providing ad hoc support to the Partnership in delivery of the programme. The contract is expected to commence w/c 20th February 2023, with the exact dates to be agreed depending on the agreement between the successful provider and The LEP, on behalf of NP11. The principal benefits include; - Ability to maximise opportunities for best value and efficient services. - To allow bidders to explore efficiencies, which may be possible by suggesting innovative and cost-effective solutions. - Presentation of cost savings to The LEP in order to maximise economical operational efficiency and value for money. - A resultant contract that meets the tender requirements and supports NP11 with their ambition. The Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 12 months, with an option to extend for another 12 months. During the contract life, the successful bidder will need to achieve continuous improvement. Failure to do so may result in the contract being terminated. Bidders are required to submit tenders in an electronic format (i.e. MS Word/PDF) of no more than four pages A4 detailing how you would approach this commission, including: - Your understanding of the brief and your ability to address key challenges, including provision of adequate capacity - Your understanding of NP11 and the specific political environment in which it operates. - Your experience of delivering work of similar focus, scale and budget - Names, job titles and short role descriptions of the people who would work on this commission, noting their technical capabilities - A breakdown of costs, including details of your day rate and estimated days/ hours Submissions should be sent via email FAO David Levene to: tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions and all requested documentation relating to this stage is 1700 1st February 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted.

This tender seeks to procure Strategic Support for Marketing Cheshire pending the appointment of a new Managing Director from a high-quality provider or providers that will deliver a service that is demonstrably focused around the needs of The LEP. It is being conducted as a below threshold open tender, with the tender documents comprising this ITT. This ITT sets out the information which is required in order to assess the suitability of bidders in terms of their experience, suitability, approach and price to meet the requirements of The LEP. Following the conclusion of the tender exercise, the LEP may appoint more than one bidder to undertake some or all of this commission. The successful bidder will be required to deliver services in accordance with all tender documents and the contract to be placed with the successful bidder. Tenderers are requested to study the specification in detail and ensure that the specified requirements can be met and are fully reflected in their pricing. The contract is expected to commence on 6 March 2023, with the exact date to be agreed with the successful provider or providers. It will be awarded for an initial period of up to six months with an option to extend for a further three months depending on the satisfactory performance of the contractor(s) and progress with the recruitment of the new Managing Director. If that proceeds more quickly than expected, the LEP reserves the right to terminate the contract early, giving 30 days notice. If you have any specific questions concerning this document or the process for submission of your proposal, then please email through to: tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com no later than noon on Friday 17th February. Only questions submitted to this email address will be answered. Queries received after this date will not be accepted and will not be responded to. It would be most helpful if queries could be submitted in one email rather than piecemeal. If any question or request for clarification is considered to be of material significance, both the question and the response may be issued for review by all potential providers in a suitably anonymous form. All communication received from potential providers will be treated in strict confidence but are subject to this paragraph. The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions is 16:00 hours (4pm) on Friday 24th February. Late submissions will not be accepted. Submissions will only be accepted if they are returned via email to tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com stating in the email subject which tender the submission relates to. Submissions sent by other means may not be accepted at the discretion of the Local Enterprise Partnership.

This commission is for a research partner to undertake the research and production of a policy report for innovation cluster development. We would expect the research to lead to policy insight addressing questions such as: • How might we join up different policy initiatives such as Investment Zones, Enterprise Zones, freeports • How we maximise the value of local interventions across boundaries • How we maximise the value of the North's leading position on devolution and harnessing public-private-academic partnerships • How areas with emerging strengths are supported to grow, aligned with a national priority of levelling up We envisage the commission outputs to comprise of: 1. A review of existing literature on innovation clusters, focused on existing typologies for describing clusters and on policy lessons to ensure this research builds on this existing work 2. Up to eleven short case studies in the North, chosen with NP11, designed to highlight the diversity in type of cluster and pulling out insights on how these were supported to grow 3. A policy report drawing out lessons learnt from the case studies and making positively focused recommendations for future policy development and delivery. We also envisage that the project will be delivered in close collaboration with NP11's Innovation Programme Lead, who will also convene a small Advisory Board consisting of Local Enterprise Partnership and other stakeholder representatives at key stages along the project plan. Milestones for delivery will be agreed at the inception meeting. Submissions should be sent via email FAO Jen Rae to: tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions and all requested documentation relating to this stage is 1700 30th May 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted.

The LEP, on behalf of the North West Net Zero Hub and in support of the North West industrial decarbonisation consortia Net Zero North West, are inviting tenders for consultancy support to provide strategic advice on the delivery of the North West Industrial Decarbonisation Cluster Plan. This ITT sets out the information which is required to assess the suitability of bidders in terms of their quality assurance processes, relationship management, pricing, service levels and innovative solutions to meet the requirements of The LEP for the Delivery of the North West Industrial Decarbonisation Cluster Plan work. The successful bidder will be required to deliver services in accordance with all tender documents and the contract to be placed with the successful bidder. Tenderers are requested to study the specification in detail and ensure that the specified requirements can be met and thus your understanding of our requirements is reflected in your Pricing Schedule return. The contract is expected to commence early-August 2023. The successful bidder will provide a project plan that includes their estimated timescales, key activities and reporting milestones. An interim report is expected at the end of September. The LEP and supplier to agree which elements need deeper investigation or thought before reaching final conclusions in October or November. The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions and all requested documentation relating to this stage is 16:00 hours (4pm) on 31 July 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted. Submissions will only be accepted if they are returned via email to tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com Bidders should not send their completed submissions to/copy in any other email address. Tenderers are advised that it is compulsory to complete and return all of the following documents in the format provided as per the instructions of this ITT. All questions must be answered, where a question does not apply please state "Not applicable". Failure to complete the documents in full and/or provide all documentation will result in a non-compliant tender submission and will mean that your tender is not considered. 1. Form of Tender Declaration (Appendix 1) 2. Pricing Schedule (Appendix 2) 3. Supplier Technical Questions & Answer Sheet (Appendix 3)

Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (C&WLEP), on behalf of Cheshire East Borough Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council and Warrington Borough Council are looking to appoint consultants to deliver an evidence base for the sub-region to provide a greater understanding of the challenges and opportunities for decarbonising public, private and charitable sector housing stock. This ITT sets out the information which is required to assess the suitability of bidders in terms of their quality assurance processes, relationship management, pricing, service levels and innovative solutions to meet the requirements of The LEP. The successful bidder will be required to deliver services in accordance with all tender documents and the contract to be placed with the successful bidder. Tenderers are requested to study the specification in detail and ensure that the specified requirements can be met and thus your understanding of our requirements is reflected in your Pricing Schedule return. The contract is expected to commence early-October 2023. The successful bidder will provide a project plan that includes their estimated timescales, key activities and reporting milestones. Tenderers are advised that it is compulsory to complete and return all of the following documents in the format provided as per the instructions of this ITT. All questions must be answered, where a question does not apply please state "Not applicable". Failure to complete the documents in full and/or provide all documentation will result in a non-compliant tender submission and will mean that your tender is not considered. Form of Tender Declaration (Appendix 1) Pricing Schedule (Appendix 2) Supplier Technical Questions & Answer Sheet (Appendix 3)

The Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (the LEP) leads the growth of the Cheshire and Warrington economy through a powerful partnership between the private, public, and voluntary sectors to make the sub-region the UK's healthiest, most sustainable, inclusive and growing economy. As part of the LEP, Marketing Cheshire (MC) is the sub-region's Destination Management Organisation/emerging Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP), responsible for positioning Cheshire as a great place to live, work, study, invest and visit, working in partnership with the sub-region's three local authorities and tourism and hospitality businesses. Marketing Cheshire is looking to assess the potential to develop a new way of promoting and selling short breaks in Cheshire West and Chester. Working with a number of rurally based attractions and accommodation providers (led by the Ice Cream Farm), there is an appetite for businesses to work together to create new packages for visitors, combining attractions with accommodation to provide good value packages for families looking to do something fun. We are looking to appoint a provider to develop a feasibility study to include a commercial case, potential suppliers and clear recommendations. The output from this feasibility study, should the conclusion be that an online packaging solution is viable, will then form the basis for a request for additional funding, to procure and implement the solution. We would like to explore the feasibility of developing a new platform which brings together experiences, attractions and accommodation as bookable packages. This could be either as recommended packages (similar to secretescapes.com) or as a pick and mix type option allowing the customer to create their own packages. If you have any specific questions concerning this document or the process for submission of your proposal, then please email through to: tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com no later than noon on the 29th September. Only questions submitted to this email address will be answered. Queries received after this date will not be accepted and will not be responded to. It would be most helpful if queries could be submitted in one email rather than piecemeal. If any question or request for clarification is considered to be of material significance, both the question and the response may be issued for review by all potential providers in a suitably anonymous form. All communication received from potential providers will be treated in strict confidence but are subject to this paragraph. The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions is 15:00 hours (3pm) on Friday 6th October 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted. Submissions will only be accepted if they are returned via email to tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com stating in the email subject which tender the submission relates to. Submissions sent by other means may not be accepted at the discretion of the Local Enterprise Partnership.

The Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (the LEP) leads the growth of the Cheshire and Warrington economy through a powerful partnership between the private, public, and voluntary sectors to make the sub-region the UK's healthiest, most sustainable, inclusive and growing economy. As part of the LEP, Marketing Cheshire (MC) is the sub-region's Destination Management Organisation, appointed by Visit England as the Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP), responsible for positioning Cheshire as a great place to live, work, study, invest and visit, working in partnership with the sub-region's three local authorities and tourism and hospitality businesses. Marketing Cheshire, on behalf of the Destination Chester partners including Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWaC), is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified consultant or consultants to deliver a phase 2 feasibility and options appraisal for a potential Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) or Accommodation Business Improvement District (ABID) within the council boundary. This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. This is a two-stage commission which envisages: • Further feasibility work and wider consultation to build on the phase 1 study already produced • Consideration of detailed options (see 'context' section below) • Recommendations for a preferred option, leading to a decision at the end of December 2023 • Expert advice and support in the development of the preferred option to a ballot during 2024 • NB: Progressing to Stage 2 is subject to the outcome of the first stage of work and the eventual decision by the TBID steering group. Proposals should include: • Introduction (maximum 500 words) • Detailed method statement (maximum 1000 words) • Proposed timetable for production including key milestones (Table format - 1 page of A4) • Demonstration of experience of providing similar services (maximum 1000 words) • CV's of key personnel who will deliver the review (one A4 page summary per person) • Financial proposal with daily rates and individual consultant day/time allocations Proposals must be in an electronic format (e.g. MS Word/PDF) and emailed to : tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com by Tuesday 10th October at 3pm. If you have any specific questions concerning this document or the process for submission of your proposal, then please email through to: tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com no later than noon on Friday 6th October.

The Local Enterprise Partnership (The LEP) leads the growth of the Cheshire and Warrington economy through a powerful partnership between the private, public, and voluntary sectors. Our ambition is to be the UK's healthiest, most sustainable, inclusive and growing economy. Working in collaboration with local government, businesses, educational institutes and other public, private and community sector organisations, we keep Cheshire and Warrington firmly on the map. The LEP, on behalf of the North West Net Zero Hub, and the Net Zero North West industrial decarbonisation consortium, is looking to procure consultancy services from an individual or small team to put operational plans in place to set up a new industry body to co-ordinate and facilitate the delivery of the £30 billion North West Industrial Cluster Decarbonisation Plan. The successful bidder will be required to deliver services in accordance with all tender documents and the contract to be placed with the successful bidder. Tenderers are requested to study the specification in detail and ensure that the specified requirements can be met and thus your understanding of our requirements is reflected in your Pricing Schedule return. The contract is expected to commence in February 2024 and take approximately 9 months to complete. Following commission, the contractor will produce a project tracker for this piece of work, including key reporting milestones and expected activities and regularly update this to facilitate monitoring. An interim report is expected in July 2024 to support project reporting requirements.

As part of the LEP, Marketing Cheshire is the Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for Cheshire whose responsibility is to market and promote the destination as a great place to live, work, invest and visit. We operate several distinctive brands to cover specific markets, from B2B to B2C. Our consumer facing brand Visit Cheshire is the touch point for attracting over 3m visitors annually to the county. We recognise that a strong digital offering is essential to improving on our visitor numbers, and ensuring we have the systems in place that grow with demand and flex with our specific markets. Alongside our visit brand we hold the rights to 'Meet'; a consumer facing brand for conferencing and business tourism. Marketing Cheshire is a Local Visitor Economy Partnership recognised by Visit England, bringing our visitor economy in Cheshire and Warrington together under a shared vision and set of goals. The critical infrastructure that underpins the Visit Cheshire brand is visitcheshire.com our destination website and DCMS (Destination Content Management System) which has been the platform for much of our digital offer since 2018 and is our primary marketing tool for consumer activity. Consumer behaviour and expectations of visitors have changed, as has website functionality, technology and design, particularly in the Destination Management industry where websites are inspirational and visual rather than informational. Our current website is nearing end of life at a time when our marketing tools and systems need to be dynamic, flexible, and adaptive to consumer trends. More significantly given our ambitions to make Cheshire a nationally recognisable destination, the infrastructure that underpins our digital offer should match this ambition. We are therefore looking to appoint a provider to develop a new visit website and DCMS that underpins our destination led digital offer. The output from this project provides an opportunity for the provider to develop a long-term relationship with Marketing Cheshire and support on additional digital projects around visitcheshire.com and our ancillary brands. If you have any specific questions concerning this document or the process for submission of your proposal, then please email through to: tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com. The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions is 15:00 hours (3pm) on the 29th March 2024. Late submissions will not be accepted. Submissions will only be accepted if they are returned via email to tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com stating in the email subject which tender the submission relates to. Submissions sent by other means may not be accepted at the discretion of the Local Enterprise Partnership.

Reporting to the Cheshire and Warrington local authorities the role of Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington (ECW) is to support Cheshire and Warrington's elected members to make C&W the healthiest, most sustainable inclusive and growing place in the country by • providing strategic economic planning • delivery of key government programmes • ensuring that a strong, independent business voice is reflected in the advice ECW provides to elected members. ECW was formerly known as the Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (C&W LEP). It is also responsible for promoting Cheshire and Warrington as a great place to visit, live, work, invest and study through Marketing Cheshire, which is an integral part of ECW and is designated by Visit England as the sub-region's Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP). ECW are looking to procure implementation support for a Cheshire and Warrington Fair Employment Charter from a high-quality provider that delivers a service that is demonstrably focused on the needs of ECW. Since 2022 partners in Cheshire and Warrington have been developing, consulting on and assessing the feasibility of implementing a Fair Employment Charter to encourage and support all employers across the subregion (regardless of size, sector or geography - including public, private and third sector) to implement actions that will improve employment standards, including the accessibility of good jobs, improve wages and living standards, reduce in-work poverty, and support health and wellbeing for employees across the area. Between Spring and Summer of 2023, partners delivered a Fair Employment Charter consultation via a series of engagement events and an online survey. Since then, work has been underway to incorporate consultation feedback into plans for the Charter's development. We will shortly be seeking formal approval from all three Cheshire and Warrington Local Authorities to launch the Cheshire and Warrington Fair Employment Charter later this year, at Aspiring Entry Level for the first 12 months. The next steps include securing additional capacity support (via this tender) to help implement the Charter, as well as going through formal Council approval processes. The aim is to be in a position to start accepting Aspiring Entry Level category applications in the autumn, following a launch event, and plan to share the updated charter and information for potential applicants following formal approvals. The successful bidder will be required to deliver services in accordance with all tender documents and the contract to be placed with the successful bidder. Tenderers are requested to study the specification in detail and ensure that the specified requirements can be met and thus your understanding of our requirements is reflected in your Value for Money and Pricing Schedule return. The contract is expected to commence 20th May, the exact dates to be agreed depending on the agreement between the successful provider and ECW.

On 8 April 2024, ownership of the Cheshire and Warrington (C&W) Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) transferred to the three C&W local authorities and it changed its name to Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington. This followed the announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Spring Budget in 2023 that LEP responsibilities would be transferred to LAs from April 2024. Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington (ECW) will support Cheshire and Warrington's elected members to deliver their vision to make C&W the healthiest, most sustainable inclusive and growing place in the country by • providing strategic economic planning; • delivering key government programmes; and • ensure that a strong, independent business voice is reflected in the advice ECW provides to elected members. The formation of a Business Advisory Board (BAB) for C&W will play an important role in delivering the third of these objectives. Each Combined Authority and sub-region has been asked to establish a BAB to be made up of local business leaders and relevant representative bodies to provide the view of local businesses and to work with local leaders to create a broad economic strategy for their areas. The Chair of the BAB in C&W will be a non-voting member of the Joint Committee of the three local authorities that has been formed to deliver the sub-region's vision and to oversee the work of ECW. Following the agreement from the local authorities, Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington wishes to commission a recruitment and executive search consultancy to: i. Help it recruit members of the BAB; ii. Help it identify candidates suitable to fill the role of Chair of the BAB. This commission therefore comprises two parts. Consultancies may bid for one or both parts. ECW is also happy to accept bids from consortia covering both parts. ECW is seeking a recruitment and executive search agency or agencies, with experience that will enable them to successfully help recruit the Chair and members of the sub-region's Business Advisory Board. Final membership of the BAB will be fully representative of the C&W with-profit and not-for-profit sectors, including by geography, sector and protected characteristics. The BAB will comprise around 15 - 20 members, of which around 10 will be ex-officio roles comprising former members of the Board of the LEP, representatives of C&W's business representative organisations and the Chair of Marketing Cheshire. They will be appointed through an administrative process run by ECW. The remainder will be appointed via open applications on which the successful consultancy will be expected to take the lead. Submissions should be sent via email, to tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com stating in the email subject which tender the submission relates to. Completed submissions should be sent to the tender contact stated above only and must be submitted by the deadline for submissions.