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title: "CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge 10.11 - How can technology help early-stage entrepreneurs by giving them the best possible information, advice and other forms of support in a way that is fast and easy to access, helping establish Scotland as a Start-Up Nation?"
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# CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge 10.11 - How can technology help early-stage entrepreneurs by giving them the best possible information, advice and other forms of support in a way that is fast and easy to access, helping establish Scotland as a Start-Up Nation?

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-10-wildcard-challenge-10-11-how-can-technology-help-early-stage-entrepreneurs-by-g-ocds-h6vhtk-0487ee). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Government: "CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge 10.11 - How can technology help early-stage entrepreneurs by giving them the best possible information, advice and other forms of support in a way that is fast and easy to access, helping establish Scotland as a Start-Up Nation?". Published status: complete. Published Value: £350,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL)
- **Published Value:** £350,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 September 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £294,801 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0487ee`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-10-wildcard-challenge-10-11-how-can-technology-help-early-stage-entrepreneurs-by-g-ocds-h6vhtk-0487ee#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2FSearch_AuthProfile.aspx%3FID%3DAA10482)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-10-wildcard-challenge-10-11-how-can-technology-help-early-stage-entrepreneurs-by-g-ocds-h6vhtk-0487ee#participate

## Description
There is a huge range of support available for businesses in Scotland, coming from both the public and private sectors. However, finding and accessing the support most relevant for an individual business can be challenging, many of the approaches to delivery of business support rely on traditional models of delivery, and few have embraced the possibilities of advanced AI. So, this Challenge seeks to explore how technology could be applied to develop new innovative and highly effective business support models, with an initial focus on support for pre-start, start-up, and early-stage businesses.
How can AI, if applied in really imaginative and innovative ways, make major beneficial impacts in this area?

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £350,000
- **Description:** CivTech’s mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people’s lives better – and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses.
CivTech brings together public...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 042501-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Matthew Kendrick**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-155464`
  - Value: £294,801 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 042501-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £294,801
  - Signed Date: 22/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F042501-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-23T15:28:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T07:34:26.214Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0487ee