Official UK procurement notice
Boost 4 Support Programme
Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionBoost is Lancashire's Business Growth Hub and sits at the heart of the business support landscape within the Lancashire LEP area. The Boost 4 Programme offers a range of contracts offering support in Lancashire including Business Relationship Management, Flying Start Pre-start Support, Flying Start Start-up
Support, Growth Mentoring, Boost Bespoke, and Boost Marketing. Contracts are to commence on 01 January 2022.
Lancashire County Council has completed a tender exercise seeking to appoint suitably experienced Service Providers to deliver the Contracts for the Boost Support Programme between 1st January 2022 and 30th September 2023.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value (£2,550,000 together) · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Business Relationship ManagementAwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Lot #2Flying Start Pre-Start SupportAwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
Lot #3Flying Start Start-Up SupportAwardedRenewalPublished value£450,000
Lot #4Growth MentoringAwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Lot #5Boost BespokeAwardedRenewalPublished value£650,000
Lot #6MarketingAwardedRenewalPublished value£150,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Business Relationship Management | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 2 · Flying Start Pre-Start Support | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 3 · Flying Start Start-Up Support | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 4 · Growth Mentoring | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 5 · Boost Bespoke | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 6 · Marketing | 70% | 20% | 10% |
- Price carries 20 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 2 points.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Oct 2021, 14:08 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2021, 09:06 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Nov 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031545- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e6f5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Nov 2021, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 2 Nov 2021, 14:30 GMT
Timeline
2 Nov 2021 → 17 Dec 2021 · 3 dates- Submission deadline2 Nov 2021, 10:00 GMT
- Bids opened2 Nov 2021, 14:30 GMT
- Notice published17 Dec 2021, 09:06 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Dec 2021, 09:06 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Business Relationship Management1 award | |||
| Growth Lancashire Ltd | £498,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Flying Start Pre-Start Support1 award | |||
| Winning Pitch Trading Ltd | £292,250 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 3 · Flying Start Start-Up Support1 award | |||
| Winning Pitch Trading Ltd | £440,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 4 · Growth Mentoring1 award | |||
| The Small Business Academy LtdSME | £493,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 5 · Boost Bespoke1 award | |||
| Winning Pitch Trading LtdBoost Bespoke Support | £628,500 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 6 · Marketing1 award | |||
| Freshfield PR LimitedSMEBoost Marketing | £147,390 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Business Relationship Management · Growth Lancashire Ltd
- Signed
- 17 Dec 2021
- Value
- £498,000
- Status
- active
Flying Start Pre-Start Support · Winning Pitch Trading Ltd
- Signed
- 17 Dec 2021
- Value
- £292,250
- Status
- active
Flying Start Start-Up Support · Winning Pitch Trading Ltd
- Signed
- 17 Dec 2021
- Value
- £440,000
- Status
- active
Growth Mentoring · The Small Business Academy LtdSME
- Signed
- 17 Dec 2021
- Value
- £493,000
- Status
- active
Boost Bespoke Support · Winning Pitch Trading Ltd
- Signed
- 17 Dec 2021
- Value
- £628,500
- Status
- active
Boost Marketing · Freshfield PR LimitedSME
- Signed
- 17 Dec 2021
- Value
- £147,390
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Business Relationship Management | 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
| 2 · Flying Start Pre-Start Support | 3bids · 3 electronic | — | — | — |
| 3 · Flying Start Start-Up Support | 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
| 4 · Growth Mentoring | 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
| 5 · Boost Bespoke | 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
| 6 · Marketing | 3bids · 3 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of Justice - The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- Freshfield PR LtdAwarded supplier
- Growth Lancashire LtdAwarded supplier
- The Small Business Academy LtdAwarded supplier
- Winning Pitch Trading LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria