Official UK procurement notice
Start Up Support Services
Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD7)
Awarded value£80,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 10 Sept 2026
Awarded to Merseyside Expanding Horizons Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLiverpool City Council (LCC) delivers a general start up support programme offering direct advice and guidance to residents intending to create a new business. The programme is open to all Liverpool residents and offers advice, guidance and support to enable & develop the opportunity to create a business start-up business. Value £80,000.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 14:30 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 14:30 BST
- Authority reference
DN816545- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0777a8
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £80,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merseyside Expanding Horizons LimitedSME25 Sept 2026 — 31 Mar 2027 | £80,000 | 10 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 22 Sept 2026- Contract signature expected23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published22 Sept 2026, 14:30 BSTUK6
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Merseyside Expanding Horizons LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender