Awarded contract

Bury Interchange School of Social Entrepreneurs Trading for Good programme

Details

Value
£160,000
Duration
5 years
Topic
Miscellaneous services
Published
17 September 2025

Tender description

TfGM as scheme promotor of the Bury Interchange redevelopment project has entered into a Service Level Agreement with The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), to enhance the scheme's social value offer. The circa4-year partnership with SSE, will enable the charity (SSE) to deliver their Trading for Good programme in Bury. The programme will run from 2025 to 31 March 2030 - during this period SSE will deliver four rounds of social/community entrepreneur programmes and work with New Local on local convening/market making activity in place. SSE will deliver social entrepreneur provision for 20 social/community entrepreneurs p.a. (80 in total, over 4 years). The entrepreneurs will gain access to a 9-month cohort-based enterprise learning programme; Match Trading grant of up to £4,000 and engagement with market makers. SSE is the largest national learning provider for social enterprises in the UK. The Trading for Good programme is not delivered by other organisations/charities and this opportunity was limited to SSE with the Social Enterprise programme offering majority funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published17 September 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date17 September 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2030in 3 years

About the buyer

Transport for Greater Manchester is the local transport body behind the Bee Network, buying with its own team of CIPS-qualified procurement professionals. Tenders are advertised on ProContract, the organisation's own e-tendering portal. Larger opportunities are published as Pipeline Notices on Find a Tender, with older award notices held on Contracts Finder. Established frameworks, run either externally or in-house, cover much of what TfGM buys for ease and speed. Bus contracts follow a separate route, procured through the Bee Network's bus franchising model. Suppliers can reach the procurement team directly by email for guidance on bidding.

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 Transport for Greater Manchester's contract awards have been in business services, transport services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 98300000 · Miscellaneous services

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