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title: "Supply Chain Transition Programme"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-041b65"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY"
published: "2024-05-31"
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# Supply Chain Transition Programme

Buyer: WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-041b65

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## Summary

The West Midlands Combined Authority has completed the Supply Chain Transition Programme tender, aimed at supporting businesses vulnerable to sectors dependent on fossil fuels. The programme will assist at least 160 businesses in the West Midlands by March 2025. It involves up to 4 suppliers delivering services split across 4 clusters, each supporting 40 businesses. The contract value for each cluster is £250,000, with a total programme value of £1 million.

This procurement opportunity offers businesses in the consultancy services sector a chance to contribute to business development in the West Midlands. Providers with experience in supporting sectors transitioning away from fossil fuels and expertise in supporting vulnerable business sectors would be well-suited to compete. The programme presents an opportunity for businesses to gain new orders, particularly those registered in specific local authorities within the West Midlands region.

## Notice

The Supply Chain Transition Programme aims to help at least 160 businesses in the West Midlands over an 18-month period, ending in March 2025. The target audience that the programme aims to support are businesses who are vulnerable to sectors dependent on fossil fuel extraction and combustion, such as the oil & gas industry, internal combustion engine manufacture or supplying other vulnerable or 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 WMCA Plan for Growth.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

WMCA are seeking up to 4 Suppliers with a demonstrable track record of providing services that can deliver this programme. Suppliers can be a single organisation or part of a consortium. The PS1 million programme will be split equally and delivered across 4 of the 12 Plan for Growth clusters, with each cluster provider supporting 40 businesses (160 total). The value of each contract awarded will be PS250,000. Suppliers can bid to deliver against any of the 12 clusters and are permitted to bid on more than one cluster.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017079-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Dec 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Apr 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,000,000 |
| Lots value | £1,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £667,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | C&W BUSINESS SOLUTIONS; MIDLANDS AEROSPACE ALLIANCE; UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services

## Release History

- 31 May 2024 at 16:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017079-2024
- 20 Nov 2023 at 16:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034316-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk/go/63352690018BED8C5659
- https://www.wmca.org.uk/

## Provenance

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