Tender

Supply Chain Transition Programme (UKSPF)

WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY

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Tender

25 Jun 2024 at 11:29

Summary of the contracting process

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is conducting a tender for the Supply Chain Transition Programme (UKSPF). This programme, funded via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF), aims to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the West Midlands to diversify their customer base. The programme will provide workshops, peer-to-peer support, and intensive one-to-one support to help businesses win new orders in specific sectors. The tender has an initial contract value of £1.5 million, with a contract period ending on March 31, 2026.

This opportunity created by WMCA's tender is ideal for businesses in the business and management consultancy sector. The selected provider will work closely with SMEs in the region to help them grow and diversify. Businesses interested in the manufacturing of electric vehicles, future housing, health-tech, and smart energy systems supply chains are particularly suited to compete for this tender. The submission deadline for the tender is July 25, 2024, with further extension options available, presenting a valuable growth opportunity for businesses involved in these sectors.

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Notice Title

Supply Chain Transition Programme (UKSPF)

Notice Description

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is commissioning a range of business support to address the region's economic priorities. The Supply Chain Transition Programme will be funded via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) and will complement existing schemes available locally as well as nationally. The Supply Chain Transition (SPF) Programme aims to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the West Midlands (WM), with ambitions to grow, to diversify their customer base by winning new orders in growing areas of the economy. It will do this through a combination of workshops, peer-to-peer support, and intensive one-to-one support, delivered in collaboration with organisations seeking to diversify their supplier base in the West Midlands.

Lot Information

Lot 1

WMCA intend to award one contract to a Provider with a demonstrable track record of providing in-depth support to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The provider can be a single organisation or part of a consortium. If bidding as a consortium, a declaration must be made confirming all members of the consortium and their respective roles in delivery of the services and a lead organisation must be appointed to enter the contract with WMCA if successful. This contract aims to deliver additional activity under the existing Supply Chain Transition (CWGLEF) Programme to help ambitious businesses in the West Midlands before the end of March 2025. The target audience that the programme aims to support are small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) who are vulnerable to declining sectors and who are registered in the local authorities of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, or Wolverhampton, or with premises where over 75% of national activity takes place. The support will help businesses win new orders in the primary and nascent clusters specified in the Plan for Growth. Specifically, the WMCA is seeking a provider to deliver this programme for businesses seeking to win new or more orders in one or more of the following supply chains: * Manufacturing of electrical light vehicles and associated battery storage devices supply chain (including materials and components). * Manufacture of future housing. * Health-tech and med-tech. * Smart Energy Systems. The Supply Chain Transition (SPF) Programme must be designed in collaboration with a key customer, or customers, who may also be involved in the delivery of the support. Interested Providers must demonstrate relationships with key customers and how they will be involved in the programme. A "key customer" is an organisation already operating in the sectors listed above which spends or plans to spend a significant amount on goods and services in the UK. Additional information: The initial contract value for this requirement is between PS600k-PS750k (exc. VAT). The indicative contract duration is October 2024 until 31st March 2025 (6 months). The WMCA will also be incorporating an extension option into the contract of up to a further 12 months and up to an additional value of PS750,000, subject to funding availability and mutual agreement between the WMCA and Provider.

Renewal: The initial contract value for this requirement is between PS600k-PS750k (exc. VAT). The indicative contract duration is October 2024 until 31st March 2025 (6 months). The WMCA will also be incorporating an extension option into the contract of up to a further 12 months and up to an additional value of PS750,000. This means a total potential contract value of PS1,500,000 over an 18-month period.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04726a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019414-2024
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
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Jun 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
25 Jul 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
bhupinder.chadha@wmca.org.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3453036760

Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B19 3SD
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Newtown
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

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