Official UK procurement notice
Business Diagnostics – UKSPF Birmingham Community Enterprise Support
Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBirmingham City Council (BCC) is seeking a suitably qualified provider to deliver Business Diagnostics as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) Year 4 SME Advice Programme, titled UKSPF Birmingham Community Enterprise Support. The UKSPF Birmingham Community Enterprise Support programme aims to strengthen Birmingham’s impact economy by supporting community enterprises to become more resilient, financially sustainable, and better connected.
The project will be delivered by 31 March 2026.
The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ ↗ and submit your details to register. You will then be able to log on which will enable you to download all relevant Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.
If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: [email protected]
Your completed tender submission should be returned by 12:00 noon on Thursday 2nd October 2025 via the ‘In-tend’ system in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Civic betterment and community facility support services · Job search services · Provision of services to the community
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£25,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: The award criteria carries a total weighting of 100%, this is split between the following sections: The overall weighting for the quality criteria is 70%. The overall weighting for the price criteria is 30% For full details please refer to the procurement documents.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 17 Sept 2025, 14:59 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2025, 14:59 BST
- Authority reference
PQ0622- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057400- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059c65Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
This Request for Quotations is being issued using the Council’s e-tendering system ‘In-tend’ and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all bids must be submitted by Tenderers via the ‘in-tend’ system. in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗ Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties, please email the [email protected]. Deadline for request for quotation is noon on 2nd October 2025.
Timeline
17 Sept 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 14:59 BST
- Clarification questions by393 days ago26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline388 days ago2 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Contract starts356 days ago3 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 14:59 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender