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# Supply Chain Transition Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-chain-transition-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-041b65). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Midlands Combined Authority: "Supply Chain Transition Programme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: wmca.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Midlands Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-midlands-combined-authority-ons-e47000007)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 December 2023 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business development consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,000 (exc. VAT, 3 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-chain-transition-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-041b65#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041b65`

## 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/supply-chain-transition-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-041b65#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [wmca.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwmca.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fgo%2F63352690018BED8C5659)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-chain-transition-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-041b65#participate

## Description
The Supply Chain Transition Programme aims to help at least 160 businesses in the West Midlands over an 18-month period, ending in March 2025. The target audience that the programme aims to support are businesses who are vulnerable to sectors dependent on fossil fuel extraction and combustion, such as the oil & gas industry, internal combustion engine manufacture or supplying other vulnerable or declining sectors and who are registered in the local authorities of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall or Wolverhampton, or with premises where over 75% of national activity takes place. The support will help businesses win new orders in the primary and nascent clusters specified in the WMCA Plan for Growth.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000
- **Description:** WMCA are seeking up to 4 Suppliers with a demonstrable track record of providing services that can deliver this programme. Suppliers can be a single organisation or part of a consortium. The £1 million programme will be split equally and delivered ac...
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** Supply Chain Transition Programme (active)
  - Award id: `017079-2024-05208-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **C&W Business Solutions**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-165467`
  - Value: £333,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Supply Chain Transition Programme (active)
  - Award id: `017079-2024-05208-2023-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Midlands Aerospace Alliance**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-169963`
  - Value: £334,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Supply Chain Transition Programme (active)
  - Award id: `017079-2024-05208-2023-3`
  - Supplier(s): **University of Warwick**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-121645`
  - Value: £333,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** Supply Chain Transition Programme (active)
  - Signed Value: £333,000
  - Signed Date: 16/04/2024

- **Contract:** Supply Chain Transition Programme (active)
  - Signed Value: £334,000
  - Signed Date: 16/04/2024

- **Contract:** Supply Chain Transition Programme (active)
  - Signed Value: £333,000
  - Signed Date: 16/04/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017079-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-31T16:06:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T22:00:45.150Z
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