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Published 14 May 2025, 16:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Strategic Delivery Partner - Good Lives GM

Official notice

Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK

Published estimate£1,420,000≈ £1.4m / year · £1,704,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update

Submissions closed 18 Jun 2025awarded 23 Jul 2025

Awarded to The Innovation Unit Ltd,

Contract term 1 yrends 27 Jul 2026 · up to 27 Jul 2028 with extensions · starts 28 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This procurement was awarded for a strategic delivery partner for the GM Good Lives Programme.

The Strategic Partner will focus on equipping GM leaders, front-line professionals, and community groups with the ability to work together in new ways to achieve the GM Live Well ambition. At its core this will act as a key enabler in the drive towards a culture of prevention across the workforce and growing confidence and capacity in leadership that has a system shifting capability. This will include the partner co-designing capabilities with key leaders

passionate about transformational change, removing siloed working, grounding solutions in reality, and sharing evidence-based learning on what works for further improvement. Pre

market engagement was not undertaken however the GMCA held a market engagement session to support the market through the tender process.

The Awarded contract was £420,000 for year one with options to extend for 2x 12 month periods at an annual cost of 500K per extension. Extensions will only be approved on successful

completion of contract deliverables and GMCA funding approvals

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£1,420,000

Contract period: 28 Jul 2025 – 27 Jul 2026 (1 yr) · up to 27 Jul 2028 with extensionsValue: £1,420,000 exc. VAT · £1,704,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Extensions: The Contract can be extended based upon GMCA budget approval and successful completion of pervious term

73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 90%Price: 10%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical: 90%
Price: 10%

Published award criteria (2)

Technical: See Tender documentation
Price: see tender documentation

What this means for your bid

Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 14 May 2025, 16:15 BST
Last source update: 10 Nov 2025, 15:01 GMT
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 24 Jul 2025
Authority reference: GMCA 1297
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-021472
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051395 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Submission deadline: 18 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 11 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

All tender documents can be viewed on the chest. Tender responses should be submitted on the chest too www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

14 May 2025 → 10 Nov 2025 · 10 dates

Planning notice published
14 May 2025, 16:15 BST
Tender notice published
14 May 2025, 16:57 BST
Clarification questions by
11 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission deadline
18 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Next notice expected
18 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Assessment summaries sent
23 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Award decision expected by
24 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts
28 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Standstill ends
1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Latest notice published347 days ago
10 Nov 2025, 15:01 GMT

Notice history

9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025

Pipeline notice published
14 May 2025, 16:15 BST
UK1
Tender notice published
14 May 2025, 16:57 BST
UK4
Published value published: £1,420,000
14 May 2025, 16:57 BST
Status changed to active
14 May 2025, 16:57 BST
Deadline published: 18 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
14 May 2025, 16:57 BST
Contract award notice published
23 Jul 2025, 18:25 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
23 Jul 2025, 18:25 BST
Contract signature expected
5 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
10 Nov 2025, 15:01 GMT
UK7

Routine re-releases (4)

2025-05: 1 release · 14 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £420,0001 award exc. VAT

Bids received 22 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 6 Nov 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
The Innovation Unit Ltd,SME11 Aug 2025 – 10 Aug 2026 · up to 10 Aug 2028Extensions: Contract extensions available = 2x 12 month periods subject to successful completion of project deliverables and GMCA funding approval	£420,000	23 Jul 2025	Awarded

Contracts

Strategic Delivery Partner - Good Lives GM · The Innovation Unit Ltd,SME
Signed
6 Nov 2025
Value
£420,000
Period
6 Nov 2025 – 5 Nov 2026 · up to 5 Nov 2028 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
Contract extensions available = 2x 12 month periods subject to successful completion of project deliverables and GMCA funding approval. Each 12 month extension has a estimated budget of £500K
No agreed KPIs: KPI not needed as value is below the 5m threshold

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
2final-stage tenders	2	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXBN-3793-LCTQ 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, North West, M1 6EUContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

The Innovation UnitAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05997039 Runway East, 20 St. Thomas Street, London, London, SE1 9RSContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender10 Nov 2025, 15:01 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender23 Jul 2025, 18:25 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender14 May 2025, 16:57 BST
Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender14 May 2025, 16:15 BST