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SETsquared Framework For Mentors

Buyer: The University of Bath →

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BuyerThe University of Bath
StatusOpen
Deadline16 Oct 2026
Value£700,000
Published4 Sept 2026

What is being bought

The University of Bath & SETsquared is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of mentoring and business support services. The Framework will provide the University with access to suitably experienced and qualified Suppliers capable of delivering specialist mentoring and business support to a range of individuals and organisations, including researchers, academics, entrepreneurs, founders and businesses. The Framework is divided into seven Lots covering Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy Industries, Creative Industries, Digital and Technologies, Defence, Life Sciences, and General sectors. Services include support across the following business support areas: Customer and Market Discovery; Branding and Marketing; Sales, Growth and Impact; Communicating and Pitching; Finance, Operations and Governance; Raising Equity Investment; Founder Leadership; Scaling; and Legal, Intellectual Property and Regulations. The University intends to appoint multiple Suppliers to each Lot. Requirements arising during the Framework term will be called off in accordance with the Call-Off procedures set out within the tender documents. For further information, please review the documents within the tenderbox

Categories

Business and management consultancy services 79410000Business development consultancy services 79411100

Lot details

Advanced Manufacturing

Examples include aerospace, automotive, agri-tech, batteries, space and advanced materials

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 1 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — See Tender Docs (40%)
Quality — See Tender Docs (60%)

Clean Energy Industries

Examples include offshore wind, hydrogen, grid upgrades, carbon capture and decarbonised freight corridors.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 1 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — See Tender Docs (40%)
Quality — See Tender Docs (60%)

Creative Industries

Examples include arts and culture, advertising, architecture, design, publishing, film, television, music and video games development.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 1 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — See Tender Docs (40%)
Quality — See Tender Docs (60%)

Digital and Technologies

Examples include artificial intelligence, cyber security, advanced connectivity, engineering biology, quantum technologies and semiconductors.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 1 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — See Tender Docs (40%)
Quality — See Tender Docs (60%)

Defence

Examples include defence technologies, advanced sensing, autonomous systems and secure communications.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 1 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — See Tender Docs (40%)
Quality — See Tender Docs (60%)

Life Sciences

Examples include pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical technologies, diagnostics and health data innovation.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 1 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — See Tender Docs (40%)
Quality — See Tender Docs (60%)

Other

Including Financial Services, Professional and Business Services together with any other sectors not specifically covered by Lots 1-6.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 1 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — See Tender Docs (40%)
Quality — See Tender Docs (60%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Business and management consultancy services, Business development consultancy servicesNot published
2Business and management consultancy services, Business development consultancy servicesNot published
3Business and management consultancy services, Business development consultancy servicesNot published
4Business and management consultancy services, Business development consultancy servicesNot published
5Business and management consultancy services, Business development consultancy servicesNot published
6Business and management consultancy services, Business development consultancy servicesNot published
7Business and management consultancy services, Business development consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Business and management consultancy services (79410000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 798,4674 median · 35.3 average (3,258 of 8,467 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,668 of 8,467 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)6054 median · 4.9 average (15 of 605 with a bid count)1.4 average (15 of 605 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f229
Latest release ID083861-2026
Latest release timestampFri Sep 04 2026 11:14:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083861-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-10-16T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-25T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailshttps://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6CS5G7NB97
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£700,000
Tender lots in source7
Tender items in source7
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
4 Sept 2026tender083861-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
4 Sept 2026 · 083861-2026 · tender
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