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title: "Bury Interchange School of Social Entrepreneurs Trading for Good programme"
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# Bury Interchange School of Social Entrepreneurs Trading for Good programme

Buyer: TRANSPORT FOR GREATER MANCHESTER  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-059c3a

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## Summary

The procurement process, initiated by Transport for Greater Manchester, comprises a project entitled "Bury Interchange School of Social Entrepreneurs Trading for Good programme." This initiative falls under the services industry category and is located in Bury, UKD region. The procurement follows a direct and below-threshold method, completed without competition. A key aspect of the project is its alignment with social value and entrepreneurship in the local community, with activities scheduled from 2025 to 31 March 2030. The contract has been awarded to the School for Social Entrepreneurs to deliver their unique Trading for Good programme, which includes supporting social/community entrepreneurs over the next four years.

This tender opportunity offers significant potential for business expansion within the scope of social entrepreneurship and community development. It focuses on supporting local initiatives through a well-structured enterprise learning programme and financial empowerment via match trading grants. Enterprises geared towards social value creation and those already operating as or aspiring to become social enterprises would find this most beneficial. With backing from major funding bodies, the programme offers a distinctive niche for social entrepreneurs to utilise new learning and funding avenues to promote growth and sustainability in social enterprises.

## Notice

TfGM as scheme promotor of the Bury Interchange redevelopment project has entered into a Service Level Agreement with The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), to enhance the scheme's social value offer. The circa4-year partnership with SSE, will enable the charity (SSE) to deliver their Trading for Good programme in Bury. The programme will run from 2025 to 31 March 2030 - during this period SSE will deliver four rounds of social/community entrepreneur programmes and work with New Local on local convening/market making activity in place. SSE will deliver social entrepreneur provision for 20 social/community entrepreneurs p.a. (80 in total, over 4 years). The entrepreneurs will gain access to a 9-month cohort-based enterprise learning programme; Match Trading grant of up to PS4,000 and engagement with market makers. SSE is the largest national learning provider for social enterprises in the UK. The Trading for Good programme is not delivered by other organisations/charities and this opportunity was limited to SSE with the Social Enterprise programme offering majority funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057327-2025 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Sep 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Jul 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Jul 2025 - 31 Mar 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £160,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | TRANSPORT FOR GREATER MANCHESTER |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M1 3BG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Electoral ward | Piccadilly |
| Westminster constituency | Manchester Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 98300000 - Miscellaneous services

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2025 at 12:23 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057327-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057327-2025
  17th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://tfgm.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.the-sse.org/

## Provenance

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