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title: "Sector Evidence Base and Investor Ready Narratives"
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# Sector Evidence Base and Investor Ready Narratives

Buyer: ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05fad3

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## Summary

The procurement process initiated by Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington, a public undertaking operating from Winsford, United Kingdom, focuses on the "Sector Evidence Base and Investor Ready Narratives" project. This tender falls within the business services industry, specifically targeting areas such as law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security. As an open procedure, it invites interested parties to contribute to developing sector evidence and investment content for Cheshire's economic and investment growth. Bidders must submit proposals before 19th January 2026, following the enquiry period that ends on 7th January 2026. The procurement stage is currently in the tender phase with an anticipated project award by 23rd January 2026, leading to the project's start on 27th January 2026.

This tender provides substantial business growth opportunities, particularly for SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) and VCSEs (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises) skilled in business services. With a gross contract value of £96,000, this procurement encourages contributions from diverse sectors to leverage Cheshire and Warrington's key strength in forming part of a life sciences and digital technologies Supercluster. The project aims to produce quality sector plans forming the foundation for the region's future growth, aligning with strategies such as the government's National Industrial Strategy. Businesses capable of delivering high technical merit and value-for-money propositions are ideally suited to compete in this tender.

## Notice

Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington (ECW), a council-owned organisation, works alongside elected leaders to make the region the healthiest, most sustainable, inclusive, and growing place in the country. We collaborate with the three local councils, industry leaders, and community partners to shape economic and transport strategies, deliver skills training and business support, and ensure that the voice of business is heard in local decision-making. Through its Marketing Cheshire division, ECW also champions the region as an outstanding place to live, work, invest, study, and visit. Working in collaboration with local government, businesses, educational institutes and other public, private and community sector organisations, we keep Cheshire and Warrington firmly on the map. This procurement exercise is being conducted as a below threshold open tender. The tender documents comprise this ITT document, including associated Appendices and Annexes. Cheshire and Warrington is on the government's devolution priority programme, expected to form a new Combined Authority in Spring 2026. It is also a member of The Great North pan regional mayoral partnership, which replaced NP11. The area has recently published its Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Strategy (SIES 2025-2045), which sets out the importance of key sectors and clusters to driving transformational growth opportunities, and makes a commitment to set out a roadmap to securing these opportunities through its future 10 year Local Growth Plan which will form the delivery plan for the SIES. The government's National Industrial Strategy introduces a new taxonomy for nationally significant growth-driving sectors, and highlights key strengths within Cheshire and Warrington, including as part of a Supercluster for life sciences, digital and technologies with neighbouring areas. Existing devolved areas such as neighbouring city regions have been working with government on a series of sector plans, which update their understanding of key sector and cluster growth opportunities, including interlinkages and dual-purpose properties across diverse sectors, and set out how the area will secure those opportunities. Therefore, Enterprise Cheshire & Warrington (ECW), working with and on behalf of, Cheshire and Warrington Local Authority Growth Directors, requires a set of sector evidence bases and investment proposition content for priority high-growth industries, as well as a baseline refresh of the wider sector evidence base. This work will form Phase 1 of a programme to update the Cheshire and Warrington economic, spatial and investment evidence base as well as providing quality and impactful content for The Great North Summit and UKREIIF in May 2026. Further phases will produce the full Sector Plans for the transformational sectors that will drive growth.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085097-2025 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 19 Jan 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 27 Jan 2026 - 30 Apr 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £80,000 |
| Lots value | £80,000 |
| 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 | ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON |
| Locality | WINSFORD |
| Post town | Crewe |
| Postcode | CW7 1AH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Electoral ward | Winsford Dene |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Cheshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

## Release History

- 19 Dec 2025 at 16:26 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085097-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085097-2025
  19th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-9446
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-9447
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-9448

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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