Official UK procurement notice
SME Accelerator Programme · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStaffordshire County Council (SCC), via the Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Growth Hub (SSGH), is seeking to procure a specialist delivery partner(s) to design and deliver a high-intensity SME Accelerator Programme supporting established businesses to achieve sustainable growth. The contract will deliver a two-year pilot programme focused on strengthening business readiness, improving productivity, and accelerating scale-up activity, including a key theme of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption to support growth.
CPV: Business development consultancy services · Training programme services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£150,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: Award procedure will be as per the procurement documents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 13 Jul 2026, 10:43 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Jul 2026, 10:43 BST
- Authority reference
IA3984- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-065497- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c944Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
13 Jul 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published106 days ago13 Jul 2026, 10:43 BST
- Clarification questions by91 days ago27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline85 days ago3 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Jul 2026, 10:43 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender