03 Mar REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO APPOINT PANEL OF CONSULTANTS/SERVICE PROVIDERS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO APPOINT PANEL OF CONSULTANTS/SERVICE PROVIDERS (COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS) TO PROVIDE A LIST OF SERVICES WITHIN THE ENTERPISE AND SUPPLIER DEVELOMENT (ESD) OF UNISA ENTERPRISE.
NAME OF THE COMPANY : UNISA ENTERPRISE (PTY) LTD
RFP NUMBER : CORPSERV/01PESD/03/2023
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER : 2016/468452/07
CLOSING DATE : 08 MAY 2023
1. Purpose
The purpose of this document is to invite interested vendors to provide services to facilitate Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) offerings/service, which is a strategic business pillar for UNISA Enterprise. This will be offered to external companies within the public and private sector space. The service will be offered in partnership with UNISA Enterprise.
2. Background
UNISA Enterprise is an entity of UNISA that was established in 2017 with the objective of the commercialise UNISA assets for revenue generation. This commercialisation takes the form of finding ready customers, partnering, or building new businesses. Since inception, UNISA Enterprise has formed several high value partnerships with various stakeholders. The entity has a small core team of 10 people who focus mainly of business development and head office functions. The entity has recently compiled a turnaround strategy to position itself for profitability; thus, there is a need for a Business Intelligence Analysis to be conducted as part of implementing the strategy. This will assist the business to identify immediate and long-term opportunities and identify systems, create products and tools for in-house use by UNISA Enterprise. UNISA Enterprise now places its focus on four strategic pillars, namely:
• Research & Innovation,
• Consulting Services,
• Property,,
• University Retail and Commercial Ventures.
The strategy indicates the importance of implementing ESD offerings in the broader market. It is in this background that UE wants to capacitate itself with various specialists. The UE ESD offering includes the following offerings:
3. Scope of Service
Specialists are invited to provide excellent services to UNISA Enterprise to drive the ESD pillar of the business strategy. The ESD provides support, scale, incubation, and offerings to sustain businesses. Vendors can apply for all offerings, or some offerings based on their area of specialty in relation to ESD.
Tick the relevant sub offering for partnership on the page with UNISA Enterprise.
3.1 Support offering
• Mentorship
• Enterprise Management Training
• Staff training & Development Programmes.
3.2 Scale offering
• Formulate business strategies
• Compile financial models.
3.3 Incubation offering
• Basic business operations set-up
• Marketing & PR
• Market study research
• Compliance & governance
• Product development
• Collaboration with other business.
3.4 Sustain offering
• Design expansion programmes
• Go-to Market strategies
• promote brand visibility in the market
• Identify funders.
4. Minimum Requirements
The following requirements are crucial to under the above scope of service:
4.1 Support offering minimum requirements
a) BCom/BA: Industrial or Organisational Psychology and B.A in Labour Relations matters
b) 5 years’ experience in delivering psychometric assessments and feedback to employees and line managers
c) 5 years’ experience in managing labour relations matters at all governance levels
d) 5 years’ experience in providing mentorship to both individuals, groups, and 3D coaching meetings.
e) 5 years’ experience in executing learning and development programmes or modules.
f) Have registration with various SETA for accredited courses.
4.2 Scale offering minimum requirements
a) BCom Financial Management, Business Management, MBA
b) 5 years extensive knowledge and understanding of product development
c) 5 years’ experience in stakeholder management and Interpersonal skills
d) Excellent communication and report writing skills Presentation skills.
4.3 Incubation offering minimum requirements
a) BCom Economics, Business Management, MBA
b) 5 years’ experience in formulating regulatory universe for various industries
c) 5 years’ experience in conducting market study research and feasibility study
d) Reporting and presentation skills.
4.4 Sustain offering minimum requirements
a) BCom Marketing, Business Management, MBA
b) 5 years’ experience in formulating regulatory universe for various industries
c) 5 years’ experience in conducting market study research and feasibility study
d) 5 years’ experience in designing Go-to market strategy
e) 5 years’ experience in funder identification and funds management.
Please download full spec here, and ESD Interest Indication list here.