Official UK procurement notice
Business Support Consultancy Panel
Authority: Borough of Telford & Wrekin (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Framework ceiling (notional)£177,000total for 8 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 15 Jun 2026awarded 6 Jul 2026
Awarded to CGR BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED +28 more8 awards
Framework period 2 yrs 9 moends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 13 Jul 2026
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionIt is the Council's intention to establish a panel of consultants who will deliver one to one specialist support to a wide range of trading businesses with growth aspirations - Business to Consumer and Business to Business. This activity will be funded through core Government funding via the Dept of Business and Trade's 'Growth Hub' delivery mechanism.
CPV: Business and management consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Bids received
- 35 bids on the busiest of 8 lots · 48 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs 9 mo from 13 Jul 2026
Published description of the framework
Prices are fixed per hour, either direct award OR mini competition
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1WorkshopsAwardedPublished value£0
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #2General – multi-disciplinaryAwardedPublished value£0
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #3Financial PlanningAwardedPublished value£0
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #4Social enterprise & CICsAwardedPublished value£0
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #5Digital – Supporting businesses to get online and Implementation of systems/processesAwardedPublished value£0
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #6Operational effectivenessAwardedPublished value£0
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #7Sales and MarketingAwardedPublished value£0
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #8Energy Efficiency & SustainabilityAwardedPublished value£0
The source published no individual description for this lot.
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
How bids were scored · same split on all 8 lots
Published award criteria (1)
- Quality: quality
What this means for your bid
- “Business Support Consultancy Panel” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 May 2026, 12:33 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2026, 15:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
TWC001644- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-046327- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069d49Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Appointment period ends
- 15 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Please use this link to access the e sourcing portal that contains all the documents www.in-tendhost.co.uk/telford/aspx/Home ↗
Timeline
20 May 2026 → 13 Jul 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published159 days ago20 May 2026, 12:33 BST
- Clarification questions by133 days ago15 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends133 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown15 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by112 days ago6 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent111 days ago8 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published109 days ago9 Jul 2026, 15:29 BST
- Contract starts106 days ago13 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2026- Tender notice published20 May 2026, 12:33 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Jul 2026, 15:29 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Jul 2026, 15:29 BST
- Contract signature expected22 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastSuppliers appointed 488 awards · see the list ↓
Bids received 3532 from SMEs · busiest of 8 lots
£212,400 inc. VAT is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 8 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 8 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Workshops | 34final-stage tenders | 28 | 1 | — |
| 2 · General – multi-disciplinary | 35final-stage tenders | 32 | 0 | — |
| 3 · Financial Planning | 10final-stage tenders | 8 | 0 | — |
| 4 · Social enterprise & CICs | 9final-stage tenders | 8 | 1 | — |
| 5 · Digital – Supporting businesses to get online and Implementation of systems/processes | 27final-stage tenders | 23 | 0 | — |
| 6 · Operational effectiveness | 25final-stage tenders | 21 | 0 | — |
| 7 · Sales and Marketing | 30final-stage tenders | 25 | 0 | — |
| 8 · Energy Efficiency & Sustainability | 9final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
48 commercial parties on the notice- ACER MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ALL 3 CIRCLES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- BELLO CONSULTING LTDFramework contractor
- BIRMINGHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYFramework contractor
- Be Social ConsultancyFramework contractor
- CGR BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CHEMISTRY AND INDUSTRY LTDFramework contractor
- CHILLI PEPPER DEVELOPMENT LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CNI SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CONNECT CONSULTANCY (SHROPSHIRE) LIMITEDFramework contractor
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Official documents & specifications (9)
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