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Published 8 Aug 2025, 13:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

York & North Yorkshire Great Ideas Innovation Support Programme

Official notice

Authority: York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE2)
Published estimate£2,500,000≈ £1.3m / year · £2,500,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Sept 2025awarded 6 Oct 2025
Award (standstill) to UMi Commercial Limited
Contract term 2 yrsends 4 Jan 2028 · starts 5 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority want to develop a fresh, exciting programme aimed to support businesses of any size with "Great Ideas" for products and services. The desired application method will include a "Dragons Den" style process so a panel can focus on the people/business involved as well as the proposed project/idea. The programme will need to flex to different stages/sizes of business which will affect the levels of intensity of support along the innovation journey.

CPV: Business and management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 yrsPublished value£2,500,000
Contract period: 5 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2028 (2 yrs)Value: £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £2,500,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber
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: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • 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
Awarded
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
8 Aug 2025, 13:44 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2025, 10:42 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 9 Oct 2025
Authority reference
10226
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047272
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05842f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
1 Sept 2025, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

All submissions will be via the e-tendering portal, Yortender.

yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗

Timeline

8 Aug 2025 → 5 Jan 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 13:44 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    1 Sept 2025, 16:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Assessment summaries sent387 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published386 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 10:42 BST
  6. Award decision expected by383 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Standstill ends377 days ago
    15 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  8. Contract starts296 days ago
    5 Jan 2026

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Aug 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 13:44 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    5 Sept 2025, 12:08 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
    5 Sept 2025, 12:08 BST
    +4 days · was 8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract award notice published
    6 Oct 2025, 10:42 BST
    UK6
  5. Status changed to complete
    6 Oct 2025, 10:42 BST
  6. Contract signature expected
    20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Published amendments (1)

Submission deadline has been extended till Friday 12th September 2025.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £2,500,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 1311 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
UMi Commercial LimitedSME5 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2028£2,500,000 inc. VAT6 Oct 2025standstill to 15 Oct 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
13final-stage tenders110—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMGQ-6583-JYGR County Hall, Racecourse Lane, Northallerton, Yorkshire & Humber, DL7 8ADContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • UMI COMMERCIAL LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07227157GB-PPON: PQPL-2141-YHPV Navigators Point, Belmont Business Park, Durham, North East, DH1 1TWContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender