Expired contract

Sector Development Framework Benchmarking

Details

Supplier(s)
Ekosgen (GC Insight Limited)
Value
£19,762.8
Duration
1 month
Topic
Research and development consultancy services
Published
24 September 2025

Tender description

The West of England plan will be a locally owned, 10-year strategy which will set out how the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) will use its devolved powers and funding to drive growth in the region. It will build on the region’s unique strengths and opportunities to support growth-driving sectors, identify wider business environment priorities, and provide a framework to focus and unlock investment. Our region’s Local Growth Plan (LGP) will need to relate to Government’s thinking around priority sectors set out in the National Industrial Strategy green paper and its emerging sector plans. While many of the strengths in the West of England align with the sectors in the green paper, the economy in the MCA is highly interrelated and relies to a significant extent on cross-sectoral spill overs. In collaboration with Government, our Priority Sectors are defined as – 1. Advanced Manufacturing (our regional AM growth markets ## Contract award Title: Sector Development Framework Benchmarking

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date29 August 2025
  2. Completed: Award published24 September 2025
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date11 October 2025

About the buyer

West of England Combined Authority is a regional Local authority covering Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire, led by a directly elected mayor. The Combined Authority has published its own Commercial Strategy and Procurement Policy setting out how it buys. Regional transport, skills and economic development programmes each commission through this single system. Suppliers of all sizes are sought, with sustainability built into supply chain requirements.

Over the past 5 years, most of the West of England Combined Authority's contract awards have been in business services, architectural and engineering services, and research and development.

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