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# High Growth Accelerator Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/high-growth-accelerator-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-041b4e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Midlands Combined Authority: "High Growth Accelerator Programme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,705,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: wmca.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Midlands Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-midlands-combined-authority-ons-e47000007)
- **Published Value:** £1,705,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 December 2023 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,705,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/high-growth-accelerator-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-041b4e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041b4e`

## 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/high-growth-accelerator-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-041b4e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [wmca.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwmca.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fgo%2F91517202018BECE302A7)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/high-growth-accelerator-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-041b4e#participate

## Description
The aim of this programme is to provide intensive and in-depth support for 50 high-growth SMEs (as defined by sections 382 and 465 of the Companies Act) in the West Midlands, ending in March 2025. The support will help these firms to manage their growth in a more sustainable way, ensuring that their growth continues higher, longer, and more sustainably than may have been without the support. 
We define a “high-growth firm” as an enterprise with average annualised growth in employees or turnover greater than 20 percent per annum, over a two-year period, and with a turnover of greater than £1 million per annum in the most recent accounts (or which has raised more than £500,000 in equity from external investors).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £1,705,000
- **Description:** In delivering the programme, the Provider will be required to carry out the following activities: 
Brand and collateral 
The Provider will provide a distinctive brand and marketing collateral (digital collateral can be hosted on www.businessgrowthwes...
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** High Growth Accelerator Programme (active)
  - Award id: `018212-2024-05063-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Gateley Global Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-115944`
  - Value: £1,705,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** High Growth Accelerator Programme (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,705,000
  - Signed Date: 22/05/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018212-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-12T14:33:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:04:46.796Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041b4e