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title: "Take it away Scheme Credit Provider Contract"
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# Take it away Scheme Credit Provider Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/take-it-away-scheme-credit-provider-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-028b68). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CREATIVE SECTOR SERVICES C.I.C.: "Take it away Scheme Credit Provider Contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,050,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.creativeunited.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [CREATIVE SECTOR SERVICES C.I.C.](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/creative-sector-services-c-i-c-GB-FTS-2256)
- **Published Value:** £1,050,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 February 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial and insurance services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028b68`

## 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/take-it-away-scheme-credit-provider-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-028b68#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [creativeunited.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.creativeunited.org.uk%2Fprocurement-notice)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/take-it-away-scheme-credit-provider-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-028b68#participate

## Description
Provision of consumer credit services for the purchase of musical instruments and related goods.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,050,000
- **Description:** The Take it away Scheme is a publicly funded initiative designed to make it more affordable for people to get involved in learning and playing music by providing interest free loans of between £100 and £25,000 for the purchase of musical instruments,...
- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2021 to 
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 003637-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Omni Capital Retail Finance Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-43713`
  - Value: £1,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 003637-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000
  - Signed Date: 16/09/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003637-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-08T21:54:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T11:57:49.012Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028b68