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title: "WP952 UKSPF Business Growth Support"
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# WP952 UKSPF Business Growth Support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wp952-ukspf-business-growth-support-ocds-h6vhtk-041b57). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** WP3952 - UKSPF Business Growth Support: "WP952 UKSPF Business Growth Support". Published status: complete. Published Value: £450,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [WP3952 - UKSPF Business Growth Support](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wp3952-ukspf-business-growth-support-GB-FTS-106720)
- **Published Value:** £450,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 December 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy and related services, Business and management consultancy services, Business development consultancy services, Miscellaneous business and business-related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG38
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £428,874 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wp952-ukspf-business-growth-support-ocds-h6vhtk-041b57#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041b57`

## 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/wp952-ukspf-business-growth-support-ocds-h6vhtk-041b57#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fwalsallcouncil%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wp952-ukspf-business-growth-support-ocds-h6vhtk-041b57#participate

## Description
The Council wishes to commission a contract for the provision of a business programme to support Walsall start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to overcome barriers and maximise opportunities to increase their productivity. Set to be delivered until 31st March 2025, the provision should provide expert advice, guidance and support to businesses in the form of 1-2-1 engagement and events. The provider should work with business leaders to take a forensic look at their business and connect them with support that will best create growth. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, providers should set out how they will deliver against the UKSPF investment priorities of Supporting Local Business, as well as supporting delivery of the overarching Council Plan vision and themes, by identifying priority interventions and activities that can be delivered between 1 January 2024 and March 2025, with an option to extend for further 24 months should further funding be received by Gover

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79400000, 79410000, 79411100, 79900000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £45,000
- **Description:** The Council wishes to commission a contract for the provision of a business programme to support Walsall start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to overcome barriers and maximise opportunities to increase their productivity. Set to be deliv...
- **Contract Period:** 22/01/2024 to 31/03/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** UKSPF - Business Growth Support (active)
  - Award id: `006831-2024-WP3952-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Oxford Innovation Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-153465`
  - Value: £428,874 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** UKSPF - Business Growth Support (active)
  - Signed Value: £428,874
  - Signed Date: 01/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006831-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-04T12:41:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:40:19.074Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041b57