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Published 13 May 2025, 15:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of 25_26 Shared Prosperity Funding - Specialised Business Support

Official notice

Authority: East Sussex County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South East (UKJ2)

Published estimate£355,000£426,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 9 Jun 2025awarded 8 Jul 2025

Awarded to Oxford Innovation Services Limited2 awards

Contract term 8 moends 21 Mar 2026 · starts 22 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is the UK Government's replacement for European Structural Investment Fund (ESiF) that included both the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and is managed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 8 moPublished value£355,000

Contract period: 22 Jul 2025 – 21 Mar 2026 (8 mo)Value: £355,000 exc. VAT · £426,000 inc. VAT

79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 79410000 Business and management consultancy services

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality

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: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 13 May 2025, 15:01 BST
Last source update: 1 Apr 2026, 13:07 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 22 Jul 2025
Authority reference: PROJ1000839
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-020902
Latest notice: Contract termination notice (UK11)
Classification (CPV): Business and management consultancy servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery area: South East (UKJ2)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051225 Find a Tender

Review and risk notes

Risks: For the purposes of this tender, the Council has indicated the funding for the potential second year will be the same as the first, but this may increase or decrease subject to funding. Bidders should also be aware there is no guarantee the second year of this contract will be used.

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Submission deadline: 9 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 29 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ↗

Timeline

13 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 8 dates

Tender notice published
13 May 2025, 15:01 BST
Clarification questions by
29 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
9 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Assessment summaries sent
8 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Standstill ends
18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Award decision expected by
22 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
Contract starts
22 Jul 2025
Latest notice published210 days ago
1 Apr 2026, 13:07 BST

Notice history

8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2025

Tender notice published
13 May 2025, 15:01 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
8 Jul 2025, 16:31 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
8 Jul 2025, 16:31 BST
Contract signature expected
21 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
4 Sept 2025, 11:15 BST
UK7
Contract termination notice published
8 Sept 2025, 13:44 BST
UK11
Contract details notice published
8 Sept 2025, 14:13 BST
UK7
Contract termination notice published
1 Apr 2026, 13:07 BST
UK11

Routine re-releases (5)

2025-07: 1 release · 8 Jul 2025
2025-05: 1 release · 13 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £710,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 20

Contracts signed 2latest 14 Aug 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Oxford Innovation Services Limited22 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027Extensions: The potential extension of a further 12 months is subject to funding.	£710,000	8 Jul 2025	Awarded
Oxford Innovation Services Limited	£710,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Oxford Innovation Services Limited
Signed
14 Aug 2025
Value
£710,000
Period
14 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027 with extensions
Status
terminated
Extensions
No later than one (1) Month before the end of the Initial Period the Council may extend the Contract Period by a further period or periods of up to twelve (12) Months by giving written notice to the Service Provider. This extension is dependent on the availability of funding.
Final value
—
Termination
other
3 agreed KPIs: Number of enterprises receiving non-financial support · Number of jobs created as a result of support · Working in partnership
- Number of enterprises receiving non-financial support
- Number of jobs created as a result of support
- Working in partnership
Contract 2 · Oxford Innovation Services Limited
Signed
14 Aug 2025
Value
£710,000
Period
14 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027 with extensions
Status
terminated
Extensions
No later than one (1) Month before the end of the Initial Period the Council may extend the Contract Period by a further period or periods of up to twelve (12) Months by giving written notice to the Service Provider. This extension is dependent on the availability of funding.
Final value
£355,000
Termination
contractCompleted
No agreed KPIs: N/A

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
20final-stage tenders · 27 at stage one	0	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Sussex County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXGX-2145-PRQJ County Hall, St Anne's Crescent, Lewes, South East, BN7 1UEContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

OXFORD INNOVATION SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07860991GB-PPON: PDGR-3349-RPQP Oxford Centre for Innovation, Blue Boar Court, 9 Alfred Street, Oxford, South East, OX1 4EHContact email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract termination notice contractContract termination noticeUK11Contract termination notice on Find a Tender1 Apr 2026, 13:07 BST
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender8 Sept 2025, 14:13 BST
Contract termination notice contractContract termination noticeUK11Contract termination notice on Find a Tender8 Sept 2025, 13:44 BST
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender4 Sept 2025, 11:15 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender8 Jul 2025, 16:31 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender13 May 2025, 15:01 BST