Notice Information
Notice Title
Department for Business and Trade- Business Support Service (tendered as 'Business Information Service 2024')
Notice Description
The Department for Business and Trade is seeking to award to a supplier to provide a service to provide information, advice, guidance and signposting for any kind of business, including pre-start-ups, in England. This new service will replace the existing Business Support Helpline. The aim of the Business Information Service is to increase and encourage access to relevant high quality business support, save businesses time and resource, and ultimately help businesses to start, grow and thrive - in particular Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The Business Information Service will be expected to provide bespoke, unscripted advice (via telephone, email, webchat, social media, and other messaging services, but not face-to-face) on a wide range of topics including starting a business, accessing finance, and business planning. The service will need to maintain a database of information on business support in England for use by the service's advisers. This database will also need to be accessible to other users, such as advisers based in Growth Hubs. The service will be demand-led so should be flexible. It must provide capacity to meet at least 50,000 inbound contacts, with at least 10,000 in-depth appointments per annum. It must also be capable of rapidly scaling-up (at extra cost) in response to economic shocks and other pressures. The service will be expected to operate within standard hours, but should have a robust process for out-of-hours contacts.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-dc4e195b-a737-4c46-8897-f6363f47d4ae
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d3f614f-09bc-40f8-89ad-de77bc047196
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
75100000 - Administration services
79342300 - Customer services
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
79512000 - Call centre
79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £7,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Sep 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Dec 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2024 - 31 Mar 2025 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BEIS
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B2 4AJ
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d3f614f-09bc-40f8-89ad-de77bc047196
5th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b4bfed38-4af6-4075-919d-4350d391fc7e
10th August 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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