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title: "UKSPF: E19 - Innovation Ecosystem Navigation Service"
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# UKSPF: E19 - Innovation Ecosystem Navigation Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukspf-e19-innovation-ecosystem-navigation-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03ed58). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "UKSPF: E19 - Innovation Ecosystem Navigation Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £5,775,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-ons-e47000001)
- **Published Value:** £5,775,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 September 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Building and facilities management services, Business organisation services, Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Business travel services, Coaching services (+4 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £5,775,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ed58`

## 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/ukspf-e19-innovation-ecosystem-navigation-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03ed58#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D4b7a2654-c932-ee11-8124-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukspf-e19-innovation-ecosystem-navigation-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03ed58#participate

## Description
GMCA is looking to establish a new, specialised innovation ecosystem development service to deliver the UKSPF Supporting Local Business investment priority E19.
The GM model for the delivery of the E19 Intervention is focused on making the City Region’s complex innovation eco-system easier to access and more navigable for businesses, increasing the numbers of SME’s engaging with the support it offers, and accelerating their innovation journey by removing barriers to accessing that support.
Based on a rapid review of the evidence and evaluation base regarding innovation-focussed business support, and the feedback of consultees across a range of sessions and conversations, GMCA has outlined in the specification the desired model for the delivery of this intervention, consisting of three key components:
- Engagement with innovative and innovation-ready businesses and brokerage across the innovation ecosystem
-Accelerating the innovation processes of businesses via engagement with and accessing assets and resources in the ecosystem
-Flexible financial support fund

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79900000, 79993000, 79994000, 79995000, 79996000, 79997000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £5,775,000
- **Description:** GMCA is looking to establish a new, specialised innovation ecosystem development service to deliver the UKSPF Supporting Local Business investment priority E19.
The GM model for the delivery of the E19 Intervention is focused on making the City Regio...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 033325-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **GM Business Support Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-98054`
  - Value: £5,775,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 033325-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,775,000
  - Signed Date: 10/11/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033325-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-10T15:03:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:37:38.392Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ed58