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Published 19 Sept 2025, 09:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Business Demography Study · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: North West (UKD7)
Published estimate£42,000£42,000 inc. VAT18.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 3 Oct 2025awarded 17 Dec 2025
Awarded to AMION Consulting Limited
Contract term 3 moends 6 Feb 2026 · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

LCRCA is seeking to commission the services of a consultant to implement a Business Demography Study for the Liverpool City Region. The LCRCA's Evidence, Research and Intelligence Service has undertaken an initial desk-based analysis, which has been based largely on published datasets such as ONS Business Demography, Business Counts and High Growth Businesses, LCRCA are now looking to commission further work to help develop and build on the published statistics and deepen

our understanding the City Region's business base

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 moSMEPublished value£42,000
Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 6 Feb 2026 (3 mo)Value: £42,000 exc. VAT · £42,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Quality 80% / Price 20%

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
19 Sept 2025, 09:07 BST
Last source update
17 Dec 2025, 12:27 GMT
Authority reference
DN790523
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057949
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
North West (UKD7)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059dc6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
3 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
Clarification deadline
29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

19 Sept 2025 → 17 Dec 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published396 days ago
    19 Sept 2025, 09:07 BST
  2. Clarification questions by386 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline382 days ago
    3 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
  4. Contract starts352 days ago
    3 Nov 2025
  5. Latest notice published307 days ago
    17 Dec 2025, 12:27 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Sept 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    19 Sept 2025, 09:07 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    17 Dec 2025, 12:27 GMT
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    17 Dec 2025, 12:27 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £34,2891 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AMION Consulting LimitedSME£34,289 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · AMION Consulting LimitedSME

    Signed
    17 Dec 2025
    Value
    £34,289 inc. VAT
    Period
    18 Dec 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNDZ-8253-CJJM 1 Mann Island, Liverpool, North West, L3 1BPContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AMION CONSULTING LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03909897GB-PPON: PVMD-6397-DJGW C/O Langtons 11th Floor, Liverpool, North West, L3 9QJContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationshttps://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=ab465ddb-2c95-f011-813a-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender