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Professional Services Support for Silicon Sands Initiative, Blackpool

IT services: consulting
software development
Internet and support
+1 more
North West (UKD42)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: BLACKPOOL COUNCIL: "Professional Services Support for Silicon Sands Initiative, Blackpool". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBLACKPOOL COUNCILScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for BLACKPOOL COUNCIL. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
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Competition Density
7.7Bids / Report
30.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 33 active published awards; 33 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBLACKPOOL COUNCIL
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Dec 2025, 17:13 GMT
Last source update18 Dec 2025, 17:13 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Infrastructure works consultancy services
Delivery area
North West (UKD42)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f9b2
What is being bought
Blackpool Council required an advisor to provide strategic, technical, commercial, and stakeholder advisory support to accelerate delivery of the Silicon Sands Initiative. The advisor will support in a number of work package areas including: 1. Promotion of an AI Growth Zone proposition 2. Development of an integrated energy, grid, and digital infrastructure strategy 3. Development of an overarching investment and funding strategy 4. Facilitation of collaboration between public, private, and academic stakeholders. 5. Advise on and support for the selection of investors or developer partners for all key elements of the programme 6. Support with governance, delivery, and financing models appropriate for long-term programme management.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Dec 2025, 17:13 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    18 Dec 2025, 17:13 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    18 Dec 2025, 17:13 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Blackpool Council have called off from YPO framework reference 1141 - Managing Consultancy + professional services. Contract Notice Reference - 2023/S 00-002091. Blackpool Council require an advisor to provide strategic, technical, commercial, and stakeholder advisory support to accelerate delivery of the Silicon Sands Initiative. The advisor will support in a number of work package areas including: 1. Promotion of an AI Growth Zone proposition 2. Development of an integrated energy, grid, and digital infrastructure strategy 3. Development of an overarching investment and funding strategy 4. Facilitation of collaboration between public, private, and academic stakeholders. 5. Advise on and support for the selection of investors or developer partners for all key elements of the programme 6. Support with governance, delivery, and financing models appropriate for long-term programme management. Additional information: Blackpool Council have called off from YPO framework reference 1141 - Managing Consultancy + professional services. Contract Notice Reference - 2023/S 00-002091.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    18 Dec 2025, 17:13 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 18 Dec 2025, 00:00 GMT · £450,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£450,000 · signed 18 Dec 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

BLACKPOOL COUNCIL

Contracting authority GB-FTS-139630
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  • BLACKPOOL COUNCIL
    buyer

    PO Box 11, Town Hall, Blackpool, UKD42, FY11NB
    cath.bagley@blackpool.gov.uk
    +44 1253478789

  • High Court Justice
    reviewBody

    London

  • Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited - Consultancy Plus
    supplier

    GB-COH: 06903140
    London, UKI
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe contract award represents a call off from a framework. YPO framework reference 1141 - managing consultancy + professional services. Contract Notice Reference 2023/S 000 - 002091 . Contract Award Notice 2023/S 000-020592