Tender

Sector Evidence Base and Investor Ready Narratives

ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON

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Tender

19 Dec 2025 at 16:07

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington (ECW), a council-owned organisation, is inviting tenders for a project titled "Sector Evidence Base and Investor Ready Narratives". This initiative focuses on the creation of sector evidence bases and investment content for high-growth industries in the North West region of the United Kingdom. The procurement process is currently in the tender stage, with documentation published on 19th December 2025. The open procurement procedure runs until 19th January 2026, and services are expected to commence from 26th January 2026 and conclude by 30th April 2026. This initiative falls under the business services category, particularly law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security, classified under CPV code 79000000.

This tender presents significant opportunities for SMEs and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), particularly those with capabilities in creating impactful business narratives and investment propositions. The focus on priority high-growth industries in a strategic region aiming for economic transformation offers businesses a chance to contribute to regional and national growth strategies. With a base in the digital, life sciences, and technology sectors, firms with expertise in these areas will find this tender particularly aligned with their growth objectives, as it allows them to showcase their strengths in a major governmental economic initiative. The open procedure further broadens the competitive landscape, enabling a diverse range of businesses to participate and potentially collaborate in driving the region’s development goals.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Sector Evidence Base and Investor Ready Narratives

Notice Description

Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington (ECW), a council-owned organisation, works alongside elected leaders to make the region the healthiest, most sustainable, inclusive, and growing place in the country. We collaborate with the three local councils, industry leaders, and community partners to shape economic and transport strategies, deliver skills training and business support, and ensure that the voice of business is heard in local decision-making. Through its Marketing Cheshire division, ECW also champions the region as an outstanding place to live, work, invest, study, and visit. Working in collaboration with local government, businesses, educational institutes and other public, private and community sector organisations, we keep Cheshire and Warrington firmly on the map. Cheshire and Warrington is on the government's devolution priority programme, expected to form a new Combined Authority in Spring 2026. It is also a member of The Great North pan regional mayoral partnership, which replaced NP11. The area has recently published its Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Strategy (SIES 2025-2045), which sets out the importance of key sectors and clusters to driving transformational growth opportunities, and makes a commitment to set out a roadmap to securing these opportunities through its future 10 year Local Growth Plan which will form the delivery plan for the SIES. The government's National Industrial Strategy introduces a new taxonomy for nationally significant growth-driving sectors, and highlights key strengths within Cheshire and Warrington, including as part of a Supercluster for life sciences, digital and technologies with neighbouring areas. Existing devolved areas such as neighbouring city regions have been working with government on a series of sector plans, which update their understanding of key sector and cluster growth opportunities, including interlinkages and dual-purpose properties across diverse sectors, and set out how the area will secure those opportunities. Therefore, Enterprise Cheshire & Warrington (ECW), working with and on behalf of, Cheshire and Warrington Local Authority Growth Directors, requires a set of sector evidence bases and investment proposition content for priority high-growth industries, as well as a baseline refresh of the wider sector evidence base. This work will form Phase 1 of a programme to update the Cheshire and Warrington economic, spatial and investment evidence base as well as providing quality and impactful content for The Great North Summit and UKREIIF in May 2026. Further phases will produce the full Sector Plans for the transformational sectors that will drive growth.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-16c6c79c-3513-47a6-870c-5203abea5f99
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/71b45422-4446-40a9-839c-16a3a1bfb874
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Dec 20251 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
19 Jan 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
26 Jan 2026 - 30 Apr 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON
Contact Name
Melissa Crellin
Contact Email
tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WINSFORD
Postcode
CW7 1AH
Post Town
Crewe
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
Delivery Location
TLD North West (England)
Local Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward
Winsford Dene
Westminster Constituency
Mid Cheshire

Further Information

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