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# Department for Business and Trade- Business Support Service (tendered as ‘Business Information Service 2024’)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/department-for-business-and-trade-business-support-service-tendered-as-business-informatio-ocds-h6vhtk-03bce8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Business & Trade: "Department for Business and Trade- Business Support Service (tendered as ‘Business Information Service 2024’)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,085,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Business & Trade](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-business-trade-gov-d1382)
- **Published Value:** £2,085,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 September 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administration services, Business and management consultancy and related services, Call centre, Customer services, Miscellaneous business and business-related services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £7,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/department-for-business-and-trade-business-support-service-tendered-as-business-informatio-ocds-h6vhtk-03bce8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03bce8`

## 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/department-for-business-and-trade-business-support-service-tendered-as-business-informatio-ocds-h6vhtk-03bce8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbeisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/department-for-business-and-trade-business-support-service-tendered-as-business-informatio-ocds-h6vhtk-03bce8#participate

## Description
The Department for Business and Trade has procured a service to
provide information, advice, guidance and signposting for any kind of business,
including pre-start-ups, in England. This new service will replace the existing
Business Support Helpline.
The aim of the Business Information Service is to increase and encourage access
to relevant high quality business support, save businesses time and resource,
and ultimately help businesses to start, grow and thrive – in particular Small and
Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75100000, 79342300, 79400000, 79512000, 79900000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Department for Business and Trade has procured a service to
provide information, advice, guidance and signposting for any kind of business,
including pre-start-ups, in England. This new service will replace the existing
Business Support Helpline....
- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2024 to 31/03/2027

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 000325-2024-con_5415-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **UMi Commercial Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-101792`
  - Value: £7,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 000325-2024-con_5415-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,500,000
  - Signed Date: 01/01/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000325-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-01-05T11:50:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T21:34:43.056Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03bce8