Soft Market Testing for Growth Hub- 2025 (a Business Support Service)

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

Services

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Essex County Council (ECC) intends to procure a specialist provider to provide Growth Hub support. Growth Hubs are an established business support service provided, which provide free and impartial signposting, information, and advice to all businesses looking to succeed, helping them to navigate the national and local support landscape. It is Government grant funded annually by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and provides a one stop shop for business support services that offers:

Information, navigation, and signposting via a coordinated, multi-channel service
One-to-one structured support to small and medium enterprises, incorporating a diagnostic assessment of business needs and advice and guidance.

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is intended to alert providers to an opportunity to deliver the Growth Hub service for Essex County Council.

The estimated launch date for the opportunity is April 2025.

Please contact Craig Johnson at craig.johnson@essex.gov.uk to express an interest in the Growth Hub service.

CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned

Delivery: East of England

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
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: 12 Feb 2025, 17:30 GMT
Last source update: 12 Feb 2025, 17:30 GMT
Authority reference: DN762967
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-004818
Classification (CPV): Business and management consultancy and related services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04de58 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

12 Feb 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 2 dates

Notice published
12 Feb 2025, 17:30 GMT
Tender notice expected
1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.