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# Southwark Pioneers Fund: Start-Up and Growth Programmes

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/southwark-pioneers-fund-start-up-and-growth-programmes-ocds-h6vhtk-03239f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southwark Council: "Southwark Pioneers Fund: Start-Up and Growth Programmes". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Apr 2022, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Southwark Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-southwark-ons-e09000028)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 April 2022 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £850,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03239f`

## 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/southwark-pioneers-fund-start-up-and-growth-programmes-ocds-h6vhtk-03239f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/southwark-pioneers-fund-start-up-and-growth-programmes-ocds-h6vhtk-03239f#participate

## Description
Southwark Council has established the Southwark Pioneers Fund (SPF) to invest in Southwark’s entrepreneurs and micro-businesses. This is to help residents who aspire to start their own enterprise and support those who wish to grow their existing Southwark-based enterprises. A key focus of the fund is to support people from those groups who are typically under-represented in business.
The Fund is primarily an enterprise support programme which includes grants. This award relates to 2 parts of the programme
i. Start-up Programme - Enterprises support for start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs
ii. Growth Programme - Enterprise support for later-stage enterprises focused on growth

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Start-up enterprise support contract
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The council is seeking a Provider to deliver the Start-Up Programme. The Start-up Programme aims to provide support to residents who are interested in exploring self-employment but may not yet have a business idea, right the way through to early-stag...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Growth enterprise support contract
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The primary aim of the Growth Programme is to support entrepreneurs who have been trading for some time and wish to grow, to develop their enterprise and achieve their growth ambitions. Depending on the stage and aspirations of the enterprise, this c...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Start-up enterprise support contract (active)
  - Award id: `001775-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Trampoline NH CC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-73301`
  - Value: £300,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Growth enterprise support contract (active)
  - Award id: `001775-2023-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Hatch Enterprise**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-73302`
  - Value: £550,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Growth enterprise support contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £550,000
  - Signed Date: 07/09/2022

- **Contract:** Start-up enterprise support contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £300,000
  - Signed Date: 16/08/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001775-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-20T09:10:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:12:02.603Z
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