Official UK procurement notice
NIESS - Go Succeed · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe NIESS, known as Go Succeed, is the primary business support service in Northern Ireland. Launched in November 2023 and funded by the UK Government's Shared Prosperity Fund / Local Growth Fund, the Service is led by NI's 11 local Councils and aims to support business creation and growth across NI. By delivering a connected set of enterprise supports including masterclasses, business mentoring and grant funding, Go Succeed aims to enable individuals and businesses to access the relevant support services to meet their needs and the growth ambitions of their businesses thereby representing a continuum of support from pre-start, through start-up and the growth journey thereafter.
This notice is to inform the market of the upcoming NIESS Go Succeed procurement opportunity, which is currently expected to be advertised in early 2027 (subject to change).
Earlier this year, we issued a Prior Market Engagement (PME) notice inviting suppliers to register their interest. Whilst suppliers were able to register, no PME activities have yet taken place. Suppliers who have already registered their interest do not need to register again.
Due to a revised procurement timetable, we are issuing this further notice to provide an additional opportunity for suppliers who did not register earlier in the summer to express their interest. Any suppliers wishing to register should do so by Friday 30th October 2026.
Pre Market Engagement activities may involve questionnaires, strategies, meetings and public briefing events. The Council will determine which types of engagement will take place following the expression of interest stage.
If interested in being involved in any pre-market engagement activities, please express your interest by emailing [email protected] by Friday 30th Oct 2026
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 30 Sept 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “NIESS - Go Succeed” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Belfast City Council buys Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 7940), and who usually turns up
Belfast City Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 7940) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid35% / 4%
2–335% / 21%
4–612% / 25%
7+19% / 50%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7940Published estimate£32m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 87 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–317%
4–628%
7+52%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jun 2026, 12:52 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 16:19 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097634- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c014Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
30 Jun 2026 → 30 Sept 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published117 days ago30 Jun 2026, 12:52 BST
- Latest notice published10 days ago15 Oct 2026, 16:19 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 5 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Pre Market Engagement activities may involve questionnaires, strategies, meetings and public briefing events. The Council will determine which types of engagement will take place following the expression of interest stage.
If interested in being involved in any pre-market engagement activities, please express your interest by emailing [email protected] by Friday 30th Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 43 days7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 339 days30 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jun 2026, 12:52 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Oct 2026, 16:19 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender