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# Shared Prosperity Fund – Business Support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/shared-prosperity-fund-business-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03d3ef). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Devon County Council: "Shared Prosperity Fund – Business Support". Published status: complete. Published Value: £398,250. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Devon County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/devon-county-council-ons-e10000008)
- **Published Value:** £398,250 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 July 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK43
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £398,255 (exc. VAT, 4 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d3ef`

## Before you bid
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- **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/shared-prosperity-fund-business-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03d3ef#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/shared-prosperity-fund-business-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03d3ef#participate

## Description
Devon County Council (DCC) is running a business support programme funded by UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) until March 2025. This will offer a range of support to businesses and start ups in Mid Devon, East Devon, and Exeter. Support will be delivered through a mixture of in-person and online support, on either a 1-2-1 or workshop basis. Support is to be split into four Lots:
Lot 1: General business support
Lot 2: Green business support
Lot 3: Start up support
Lot 4: Job creation and safeguarding support
These lots will support DCC and it’s local authority partners to meet the aims of SPF and achieve specific SPF outputs and outcomes.
Any bidders that exceed the amounts stated within the tender documents will not be taken forward to further evaluation and will be rejected for the lot (s) in which the requirement was not met, unless all bids do not meet these requirements.
Bids must also confirm a commitment to provide at least the minimum quantity of outputs and outcomes outlined in column B of the pricing schedule document in respect of each description for each lot. Any Bid that does not meet these minimum requirements will not be taken forward to further evaluation and will be rejected for the lot (s) in which the requirement was not met, unless all bids do not meet these requirements.
If all bids fail to provide these commitments, all bids except those who do not allow for each district to obtain the correct share of outputs and outcomes they require for the overall budget they have allocated individually, will be evaluated.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: General business support delivery
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000, 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £83,100
- **Description:** This is to include the delivery of a broad business diagnostic sessions on a 1-2-1 basis, as well as subject-specific sessions on either a 1-2-1 or workshop basis, follow-up support, networking events and peer support activities to explore topics inc...
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2025

### Lot 2: Green business support
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000, 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £118,900
- **Description:** This is to include the delivery of a broad business diagnostic sessions on a 1-2-1 basis, as well as subject-specific sessions on either a 1-2-1 or workshop basis, follow-up support, networking events and peer support activities to explore topics inc...
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2025

### Lot 3: Start up support
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000, 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £64,800
- **Description:** This is to include the delivery of a broad business diagnostic sessions on a 1-2-1 basis, as well as subject-specific sessions on either a 1-2-1 or workshop basis, follow-up support, networking events and peer support activities to explore topics inc...
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2025

### Lot 4: Job creation and safeguarding support
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000, 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £131,450
- **Description:** This is to include the delivery of a broad business diagnostic sessions on a 1-2-1 basis, as well as subject-specific sessions on either a 1-2-1 or workshop basis, follow-up support, networking events and peer support activities to explore topics inc...
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (4)
- **Award:** General business support delivery (active)
  - Award id: `026435-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Project Cosmic, West Devon Business Information Point Limited (BIP)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-101404`, `GB-FTS-92007`
  - Value: £83,100 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Green business support (active)
  - Award id: `026435-2023-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Project Cosmic, West Devon Business Information Point Limited (BIP)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-101404`, `GB-FTS-92007`
  - Value: £118,900 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Start up support (active)
  - Award id: `026435-2023-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Project Cosmic, West Devon Business Information Point Limited (BIP)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-101404`, `GB-FTS-92007`
  - Value: £64,830 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Job creation and safeguarding support (active)
  - Award id: `026435-2023-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Project Cosmic, West Devon Business Information Point Limited (BIP)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-101404`, `GB-FTS-92007`
  - Value: £131,425 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (4)
- **Contract:** General business support delivery (active)
  - Signed Value: £83,100
  - Signed Date: 03/09/2023

- **Contract:** Green business support (active)
  - Signed Value: £118,900
  - Signed Date: 03/09/2023

- **Contract:** Start up support (active)
  - Signed Value: £64,830
  - Signed Date: 03/09/2023

- **Contract:** Job creation and safeguarding support (active)
  - Signed Value: £131,425
  - Signed Date: 03/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026435-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-07T09:44:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:18:49.337Z
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