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title: "DfE - Invest NI Small Business Loan Fund III"
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# DfE - Invest NI Small Business Loan Fund III

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dfe-invest-ni-small-business-loan-fund-iii-ocds-h6vhtk-047338). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Invest Northern Ireland: "DfE - Invest NI Small Business Loan Fund III". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jul 2024, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Invest Northern Ireland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/invest-northern-ireland-gov-ot1338)
- **Published Value:** £2,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 July 2024 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking and investment services, Credit granting services, Financial and insurance services, Micro-credit granting services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,700,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dfe-invest-ni-small-business-loan-fund-iii-ocds-h6vhtk-047338#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047338`

## 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/dfe-invest-ni-small-business-loan-fund-iii-ocds-h6vhtk-047338#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk%2Fepps)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dfe-invest-ni-small-business-loan-fund-iii-ocds-h6vhtk-047338#participate

## Description
Invest NI is seeking to appoint a fund manager to manage and deliver NISBLF III on behalf of Invest NI for a ten-year period with an option to extend for two periods of 1 year, if required at the end of the fund, to exit from the loan book in an orderly fashion.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66100000, 66113000, 66113100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £2,700,000
- **Description:** Invest NI is seeking to appoint a fund manager to manage and deliver NISBLF III on behalf of Invest NI for a ten-year period with an option to extend for two periods of 1 year, if required at the end of the fund, to exit from the loan book in an orde...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** DfE - Invest NI Small Business Loan Fund III (active)
  - Award id: `029742-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **ULSTER COMMUNITY FINANCE LTD.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-124525`
  - Value: £2,700,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** DfE - Invest NI Small Business Loan Fund III (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,700,000
  - Signed Date: 16/09/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029742-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-17T15:01:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T05:53:46.575Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047338