WP952 UKSPF Business Growth Support
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Oxford Innovation Services Ltd
- Value
- £428,874
- Topic
- Business and management consultancy and related services
- Published
- 4 March 2024
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The Council wishes to commission a contract for the provision of a business programme to support Walsall start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to overcome barriers and maximise opportunities to increase their productivity. Set to be delivered until 31st March 2025, the provision should provide expert advice, guidance and support to businesses in the form of 1-2-1 engagement and events. The provider should work with business leaders to take a forensic look at their business and connect them with support that will best create growth. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, providers should set out how they will deliver against the UKSPF investment priorities of Supporting Local Business, as well as supporting delivery of the overarching Council Plan vision and themes, by identifying priority interventions and activities that can be delivered between 1 January 2024 and March 2025, with an option to extend for further 24 months should further funding be received by Gover Lot 1: The Council wishes to commission a contract for the provision of a business programme to support Walsall start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to overcome barriers and maximise opportunities to increase their productivity. Set to be delivered until 31st March 2025, the provision should provide expert advice, guidance and support to businesses in the form of 1-2-1 engagement and events. The provider should work with business leaders to take a forensic look at their business and connect them with support that will best create growth. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, providers should set out how they will deliver against the UKSPF investment priorities of Supporting Local Business, as well as supporting delivery of the overarching Council Plan vision and themes, by identifying priority interventions and activities that can be delivered between 1 January 2024 and March 2025, with an option to extend for further 24 months should further funding be received by Government.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date1 March 2024
- Completed: Award published4 March 2024Current notice
About the buyer
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council governs the borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, and buys as a local authority with its own procurement team. Contract opportunities are advertised on Find a Tender, the UK government's central procurement platform introduced under the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers register both an organisation profile and an administrator account there before submitting a bid. Buying decisions follow the council's Innovating our Success Commercial Strategy 2024-2029. Social value sits alongside price and quality in every award decision. A public contracts register lists every agreement the council has awarded.
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 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council's contract awards have been in education and training, software and information systems and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 79400000 · Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79410000 · Business and management consultancy services
- 79411100 · Business development consultancy services
- 79900000 · Miscellaneous business and business-related services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov |
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