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title: "Business Support and Expert Help Services 2025 - 2029"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000775595"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL"
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# Business Support and Expert Help Services 2025 - 2029

Buyer: NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000775595

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## Summary

North Lanarkshire Council, in collaboration with South Lanarkshire Council, has announced a planned procurement for "Business Support and Expert Help Services 2025 – 2029". This procurement targets the services industry category and is focused on providing support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Lanarkshire. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a future notice date set for 27th September 2024. Interested suppliers will have an opportunity to engage through an online meeting scheduled for 12th September 2024. The services will span a variety of disciplines and aim to complement existing support mechanisms like the Business Gateway Lanarkshire service. The framework agreement is expected to commence on 1st April 2025 and will last for four years, providing significant avenues for business opportunities.

This tender creates substantial growth opportunities for a variety of businesses, particularly those specialising in business consultancy, financial management, human resources, marketing, IT and digital services, energy efficiency, and market expansion. Given the broad scope and the structured support framework, businesses with expertise in improving processes, strategies, and introducing new products or services will find this tender especially beneficial. Additionally, companies aiming to contribute to the sustainability and growth of local SMEs will find multiple opportunities to participate in various lots within the framework, each designed to address specific business needs and promote economic development across Lanarkshire.

## Notice

North Lanarkshire Council in partnership with South Lanarkshire Council are seeking to appoint a range of skilled business consultants across a variety of disciplines to deliver business support and expert help consultancy services for Lanarkshire based SME's in addition to the support delivered via the core Business Gateway Lanarkshire service. Business Gateway Lanarkshire is a publicly funded, nationally branded service that provides free business support and impartial advice for start-up and existing businesses based in Scotland. The delivery of the Business Gateway service across Scotland is managed by local government. In Lanarkshire the lead local authority North Lanarkshire Council, works in partnership with South Lanarkshire Council to manage the delivery across Lanarkshire. This approach detailed within this Prior Information Notice will augment the support delivered via the core Business Gateway Lanarkshire service and other business support mechanisms provided by the councils; it does not duplicate any business support that is available via the above support streams.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Following the expiry of the current arrangements in March 2025, it is proposed that a new framework agreement will be developed and competitively procured that will result in Lanarkshire based businesses having access to support and advice in the form of: -1-2-1 Expert Help Support; -Training Workshops; and -Surgeries It is proposed that a new approach to deliver support to Lanarkshire businesses (at all stages including pre-start, new start and existing) by way of access to suitably qualified consultants and professional bespoke advice and support, focused on sustainability and growth areas such as: -reviewing existing processes, strategies, policies or plans; -supporting businesses to improve these accordingly or to introduce new processes, strategies, policies or plans as required; -Introduce new products or services; and -Reach new markets At present, it is anticipated that any framework agreement procured would comprise of eight individual Lots, as outlined below. -Business Financial Management; -Business Growth and Development; -Human Resources, Leadership and Skills; -Procurement; -Marketing; -Information Technology and Digital; -Energy Efficiency and Net Zero; and -New Market Opportunities and Internationalisation The overarching aim of this proposed framework agreement is to better equip local businesses to sustain, grow, innovate, increase turnover and profitability, creating more local jobs and outputs for the Lanarkshire economy. The framework agreement is anticipated to have a maximum total value of 1,400,000 GBP with an individual budget allocated to each lot which is yet to be determined. It is anticipated that the total budget applied to the framework agreement would support circa 2,400 businesses throughout its full term. Currently, it is proposed that the framework agreement is scheduled to commence on 01 April 2025 with a total term of four years made up of four individual 12 month periods. To meet the proposed commencement date detailed above, it is anticipated that the invitation to tender package will be published in late September / early October 2024.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG512383 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Aug 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 27 Sep 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | MOTHERWELL |
| Post town | Motherwell |
| Postcode | ML1 1AB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM95 South Lanarkshire |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Electoral ward | Hamilton North and East |
| Westminster constituency | Hamilton and Clyde Valley |
| Delivery location | TLM84 North Lanarkshire |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
- 80510000 - Specialist training services

## Release History

- 19 Aug 2024 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG512383

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG512383
  Business Support and Expert Help Services 2025 - 2029 - North Lanarkshire Council in partnership with South Lanarkshire Council are seeking to appoint a range of skilled business consultants across a variety of disciplines to deliver business support and expert help consultancy services for Lanarkshire based SME's in addition to the support delivered via the core Business Gateway Lanarkshire service. Business Gateway Lanarkshire is a publicly funded, nationally branded service that provides free business support and impartial advice for start-up and existing businesses based in Scotland. The delivery of the Business Gateway service across Scotland is managed by local government. In Lanarkshire the lead local authority North Lanarkshire Council, works in partnership with South Lanarkshire Council to manage the delivery across Lanarkshire. This approach detailed within this Prior Information Notice will augment the support delivered via the core Business Gateway Lanarkshire service and other business support mechanisms provided by the councils; it does not duplicate any business support that is available via the above support streams.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=775595
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000775595
- https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/
- https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events/business-gateway-lanarkshire-expert-help-programme-and-external-business-advice-1753/

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