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title: "Northern Innovation Hub Food and Drink TechHUB Strand 1: Business Support Services"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/northern-innovation-hub-food-and-drink-techhub-strand-1-business-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0307e0"
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# Northern Innovation Hub Food and Drink TechHUB Strand 1: Business Support Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/northern-innovation-hub-food-and-drink-techhub-strand-1-business-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0307e0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Highlands and Islands Enterprise: "Northern Innovation Hub Food and Drink TechHUB Strand 1: Business Support Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £524,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Highlands and Islands Enterprise](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/highlands-and-islands-enterprise-GB-FTS-1479)
- **Published Value:** £524,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 February 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business analysis consultancy services, Business and management consultancy and related services, Business and management consultancy services, Business development consultancy services, Development consultancy services (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKM6
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £521,895 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0307e0`

## 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/northern-innovation-hub-food-and-drink-techhub-strand-1-business-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0307e0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/northern-innovation-hub-food-and-drink-techhub-strand-1-business-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0307e0#participate

## Description
A contract has been awarded to provide the following services: The Food and Drink TechHUB project (TechHUB) is to be delivered across the Highland Council area as a project under HIE’s Northern Innovation Hub (NIH) programme. The NIH TechHUB Strand 1: Business Support Services contract which will be required to align with, and complement, existing HIE provision and that of our partners, to provide business support, technical advice and events to develop an existing and growing network of Food and Drink producers and supply chain businesses (SMEs).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72221000, 73000000, 73220000, 79400000, 79410000, 80500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £524,000
- **Description:** The key tasks are:
- bringing F&D businesses together;
- supporting businesses incl. brokering specialist/technical support;
- raising awareness and increase implementation of new technologies and opportunities;
- developing transformational local, n...

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

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011492-2022-FTS 014-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SAC Commercial Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-118042`
  - Value: £521,895 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011492-2022-FTS 014-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £521,895
  - Signed Date: 02/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011492-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-04T12:40:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T16:02:06.933Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0307e0