Official UK procurement notice
Enhanced Growth Hub and Advisory Service Delivery
Authority: East Midlands Combined County Authority (Public body)·On behalf of: Nottinghamshire County Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNottinghamshire County Council are seeking tenders on behalf of the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) (the Council')
The Enhanced Growth Hub and Advisory Service will be responsible for delivering a high-quality, integrated and sector agnostic service, that supports businesses to achieve sustainable growth and resilience.
This procurement aims to establish a resilient, joined up, and high impact business support system-one that accelerates SME growth, boosts productivity, and contributes to EMCCA's ambition to build one of the UK's fastest growing and most inclusive regional economies by 2035. Our objective is to deliver tangible outcomes leading to increased profitability, job creation, reduced operational costs, enhanced productivity and greater adoption and effective use of innovation.
The Growth Hub service is funded by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and has operated in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire region since 2014. The Advisory service element is an enhancement to the Growth Hub, leveraging EMCCA resources to provide additional targeted support that will build growth capacity and strengthen capability within the local business base
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,167,671
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Mar 2026, 14:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Apr 2026, 14:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
DN806899- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-026333- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067192Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Click on view opportunities and search for project ref DN806899
Link to tendering portal advert below
Timeline
23 Mar 2026 → 3 Aug 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published219 days ago23 Mar 2026, 14:37 GMT
- Latest notice published194 days ago17 Apr 2026, 14:18 BST
- Clarification questions by183 days ago27 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline169 days ago12 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by148 days ago1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts86 days ago3 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Mar 2026- Tender notice published23 Mar 2026, 14:37 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published17 Apr 2026, 14:18 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 12 May 2026, 12:00 BST17 Apr 2026, 14:18 BST+20 days · was 22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
Have extended closing date
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Nottinghamshire County CouncilProcess contact pointProcuring entityProvides Procurement Services
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Click on view opportunities and search for project ref DN806899 Link to tendering portal advert below https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=1349fe92-ca22-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=c08d1e22-8c23-f111-813c-005056b64545
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender