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title: "Specialist Advice/Advisor Service for Gloucestershire's Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Sector"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078a9e"
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buyer: "Tewkesbury Borough Council"
published: "2026-10-19"
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# Specialist Advice/Advisor Service for Gloucestershire's Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Sector

Buyer: Tewkesbury Borough Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078a9e

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## Summary

Tewkesbury Borough Council is buying a specialist business-advice service for advanced engineering and manufacturing businesses across Gloucestershire. Delivered through the Gloucestershire Growth Hub Network, the service is to provide tailored growth support, business diagnostics, action planning and referrals, alongside outreach and sector events. Its purpose is to help businesses improve productivity, innovation, skills, resilience and competitiveness. The work combines business and management consultancy with related support services (CPV 79400000). The stated delivery area is Gloucestershire, serving businesses in the advanced engineering and manufacturing sector.

The buyer invited tenders through an open competition. The tender submission deadline was 16 November 2026 at 09:00, and the deadline for enquiries was 2 November 2026 at 12:00. The contract is scheduled to run from 30 November 2026 to 31 March 2028. Its stated budget is £160,000. Bids are assessed on quality, price and social value: quality carries 55% of the score, price 40% and social value 5%. The procurement is structured as one lot, covering the specialist advice and support service across Gloucestershire.

This opportunity suits consultancies and business-support providers with experience advising advanced engineering and manufacturing firms. Suppliers need to be able to diagnose business needs, develop practical action plans and provide tailored growth support, as well as make useful referrals. The service also calls for the capacity to conduct outreach and organise sector events across Gloucestershire through the Growth Hub Network. Strong proposals will need to demonstrate how their approach can contribute to productivity, innovation, skills, resilience and competitiveness, while offering good value and social value. The weighting places greatest emphasis on the quality of the proposed service, so relevant sector knowledge and a credible delivery approach are commercially important.

## Notice

Tewkesbury Borough Council are inviting tenders for the provision of a Specialist Advice/Advisor Service for Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing businesses across Gloucestershire. Working through the Gloucestershire Growth Hub Network, the service will provide tailored growth support, business diagnostics, action planning, referrals, outreach and sector events to improve productivity, innovation, skills, resilience and competitiveness. The contract will run from 30 November 2026 to 31 March 2028, with a total budget of PS160,000.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098425-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 30 Nov 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £160,000 |
| Lots value | £160,000 |
| 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 | Tewkesbury Borough Council |
| Locality | TEWKESBURY |
| Postcode area | Gloucester |
| Postcode | GL20 5TT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK73 Gloucestershire CC |
| Local authority | Tewkesbury |
| Electoral ward | Tewkesbury South |
| Westminster constituency | Tewkesbury |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 19 Oct 2026 at 12:04 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098425-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098425-2026
  19th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/tewkesbury/aspx/Home
  Link to e-procurement portal - In-tend

## Notice URLs

- https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/tewkesbury/home
- https://tewkesbury.gov.uk/about-the-council/selling-to-the-council/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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