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title: "External Creative Growth DCMS Grant Delivery Partner"
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# External Creative Growth DCMS Grant Delivery Partner

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-creative-growth-dcms-grant-delivery-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-040748). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Yorkshire Combined Authority: "External Creative Growth DCMS Grant Delivery Partner". Published status: complete. Published Value: £450,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority-ons-e47000003)
- **Published Value:** £450,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 November 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £445,493 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-creative-growth-dcms-grant-delivery-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-040748#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040748`

## 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/external-creative-growth-dcms-grant-delivery-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-040748#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D72318%26B%3DUK)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-creative-growth-dcms-grant-delivery-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-040748#participate

## Description
Funded by the DCMS, the Create Growth Programme (CGP) aims to stimulate investment into the creative industries (CI).
The CGP comprises three complementary strands:
A) business support targeted at the creative industries;
B) finance;
C) investor capacity-building activities.
The successful tenderer will be expected to deliver strand A (business support), and collaborate with Innovate UK on strand B (finance) and strand C (investor capacity building).
As such, the delivery partner should be able to demonstrate extensive experience of delivering business support activities for CIs, a track-record of securing investment funds from local, regional and national investment networks, and experience of working with the investor community to build capacity and confidence to invest in CI businesses.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £450,000
- **Description:** Funded by the DCMS, the Create Growth Programme (CGP) aims to stimulate investment into the creative industries (CI).
The CGP comprises three complementary strands:
A) business support targeted at the creative industries;
B) finance;
C) investor capa...
- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2023 to 31/03/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Create Growth Programme DCMS Grant Delivery Partner (active)
  - Award id: `004805-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Creative England Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170906`
  - Value: £445,493 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Create Growth Programme DCMS Grant Delivery Partner (active)
  - Signed Value: £445,493
  - Signed Date: 22/01/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004805-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-13T14:04:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:12:20.702Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040748