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title: "West Midlands Combined Authority"
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# West Midlands Combined Authority

Buyer: WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03e047

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## Summary

The West Midlands Combined Authority has issued a tender for the provision of business support grant administrators to manage a programme aimed at increasing the business skills and confidence of social economy organizations in the West Midlands. The tender is classified under business and management consultancy services. The procurement stage is currently active, with a tender period ending on August 1, 2023. The tender offers multiple Lots catering to varying sizes of social economy trading organisations, with opportunities for peer learning, grants, and follow-on support.

This tender by the West Midlands Combined Authority presents opportunities for businesses involved in providing services related to business management consultancy. Companies capable of supporting trading social economy organizations in the West Midlands, from start-ups to established enterprises, are well-suited to compete for the available Lots. The procurement method is an open procedure, and interested parties must submit their bids before the deadline on August 1, 2023. This initiative aims to help social enterprises in the region grow and become sustainable, offering potential growth opportunities for businesses providing relevant services.

## Notice

The objective of this programme is to manage this grant to increase the business skills and confidence of the participants to enable them to build sustainable social enterprises (or trading arms of charities) capable of growth. We are looking for multiple business support grant administrators to deliver this programme under different Lots, the Business Support providers need to demonstrate their ability to support trading Social Economy organisations in the West Midlands, who are at varying stages of development.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Start - peer learning & grant for the leaders of 42 social economy trading organisations started since the outbreak of Covid with income between PS15k & PS50k pa

Lot 2

Build - peer learning & grant for the leaders of 21 social economy trading organisations over 2 years old with income between PS50k and PS100k pa

Lot 3

Grow - peer learning & grant for the leaders of for 42 social economy trading organisations with income of between PS100k and PS500k pa

Lot 4

Accelerate - peer learning & grant for the leaders of for 15 social economy trading organisations with income in excess of PS500k pa

Lot 5

Sustain - one to one follow-on support for the 120 participants from Lots 1 to 4

Lot 6

Readiness - training for at least 40 leaders of social economy trading organisations who are ready to bid for public sector contracts and/or take on social investment plus awareness building for public sector commissioners and/or social investment providers.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019639-2023 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Aug 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £834,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B19 3SD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Newtown |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 10 Jul 2023 at 13:30 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019639-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://www.wmca.org.uk/

## Provenance

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