Official UK procurement notice
UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Supporting Businesses (Growth and Innovation)
Authority: West Northamptonshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Northamptonshire Council is seeking a suitable qualified and experienced Contractor to provide business support services.
CPV: Business development consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The scope of these services to be defined by the applicant but examples might include,…Published value£300,000
The scope of these services to be defined by the applicant but examples might include, provision of business diagnostic services, peer networks, workshops and 1:1 coaching and mentoring services. To support the provision of grants to beneficiary businesses to a maximum value of £20,000.
This opportunity is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government's Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗
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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).
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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).
- Suitability
All interested bidders need to refer to the draft conditions of contract before proceeding to submit a bid.
When completing their submission bidders will need to complete Parts 1, 2 & 3 of the Selection Questionnaire and provide method statements to a series of questions asked within the Quality Evaluation.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Nov 2023, 11:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Nov 2023, 11:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Dec 2023 – …
- Authority reference
WNC00000350- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-033016- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0416b2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 8 Dec 2023, 15:00 GMT
Timeline
8 Nov 2023 → 1 Feb 2024 · 4 dates- Notice published8 Nov 2023, 11:34 GMT
- Submission deadline8 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened8 Dec 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Feb 2024
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- N/AReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.