Awarded contract

Boost (5) Programme of Services

Details

Value
£9,495,000
Duration
5 years
Topic
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Published
19 September 2023

Tender description

"Boost is Lancashire's Business Growth Hub, one of 38 Growth Hubs in the UK. Boost is led by Lancashire County Council (LCC). Since 2013, it has supported over 14,000 businesses, helped create over 3,500 jobs while adding over £100m to the economy. Boost 5 is the renewed programme to deliver services to Lancashire from 1st September 2023. The Progamme will be split into 5 contracts (as detailed within the tender documents). Boost 5 is a partnership with the Local Distrit Councils within Lancashire and Lancashire County Council as the lead partner and commissioner for the funded core services. " Additional information: The contract value is expected to be between £2,875,000 and £9,495,000, which includes flexibility for local district councils to utilise the services and potential for contract extension should additioonal funding be secured. Lancashire County Council is procuring the contracts for itself and on behalf of the partner local districts. The Local District Councils able to utilise these services are: Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Pendle, Preston, South Ribble, West Lancashire, Wyre, Blackpool, Lancaster, Ribble Valley and Rossendale.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date11 September 2023
  2. Completed: Award published19 September 2023
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 18 months

About the buyer

Lancashire County Council is a local authority that buys through directorates spread across the county. Suppliers register and bid through the Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal, introduced in January 2023 to replace iSupplier. Contracts at or near national thresholds are advertised on Find a Tender. An Open Framework under the Procurement Act 2023 covers repeat competitions on the same terms. A Dynamic Market lets new suppliers join an approved list for above-threshold tenders at any time. Category managers based in directorates such as care and public health lead individual competitions.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Lancashire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

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