Official UK procurement notice
Delivery of Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help to support Business Gateway
Authority: Renfrewshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract award notice for the Delivery of Workshop, Surgeries and expert help to support Business Gateway. Renfrewshire Council have appointed a Service Provider who will deliver a package of services to support the delivery of start-up and growth Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire. These services may include Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Energy Efficiencies & Net Zero, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management.
- Recurrence: Depending on funding, this estimated timeframe for re-tender is August 2027
CPV: Education and training services · Specialist training services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£196,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (9)
- Overall Approach: 18%
- Innovation: 10%
- Recruitment: 5%
- Cyber Security: 5%
- Fair Work First: 5%
- Community Benefits: 5%
- Project manager and resource: 10%
- price: 40%
- Sustainability: 2%
Published award criteria (9)
- Overall Approach: 18
- Innovation: 10
- Recruitment: 5
- Cyber Security: 5
- Sustainability: 2
- Fair Work First: 5
- Community Benefits: 5
- Project manager and resource: 10
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Meet minimum Insurance requirements as detailed below and in the SPD Scotland.
A financial check of the Provider will be undertaken using Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). Tenderers must meet the Dunn and Bradstreet minimum failure score as detailed below and in the SPD (Scotland).
Minimum: insurance: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: minimum 5 million GBP each and every claim Public Liability: minimum 1 million GBP each and every claim Professional Indemnity Cover: minimum 1 million GBP in the annual aggregate – Motor Vehicle - please also submit evidence of statu…
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Yes · Depending on funding, this estimated timeframe for re-tender is August 2027
- First published
- 19 Aug 2025, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Dec 2025, 16:32 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Oct 2025 – …
- Authority reference
RC-CPU-25-124- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085560- Accelerated
The tender titled “Delivery of Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help to support Business Gateway RC-CPU-25-027” was abandoned due to a technical error following a modification that would have altered competition rules. The accelerated procedure is required to allow the Council to obtain the funding for this requirement. The Specification and funding will remain unchanged.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058a91Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2105/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff
Publisher note: (SC Ref:818677)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Oct 2025, 12:30 BST
Timeline
10 Oct 2025 → 9 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Submission deadline378 days ago10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened378 days ago10 Oct 2025, 12:30 BST
- Notice published305 days ago22 Dec 2025, 16:32 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until227 days ago9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2025- Status changed to cancelled23 Sept 2025, 10:29 BST
- Status changed to active25 Sept 2025, 10:43 BST
- Deadline moved to 10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST25 Sept 2025, 10:43 BST+21 days · was 19 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete22 Dec 2025, 16:32 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 19 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategem (Scotland) LtdSMESubcontracting: declared | £196,000 † | — | Awarded |
1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Contract 085560-2025-RC-CPU-25-124-1 · Strategem (Scotland) LtdSME
- Signed
- 17 Dec 2025
- Value
- £196,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Strategem (Scotland) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.