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Essex County Council

CO0418 Business Support Services Future Growth Programme 2

Financial ServicesCPV 66000000 79400000 79340000 72221000
Value£1.1m
Awarded15 Apr 2024
Published12 Jun 2024
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.1mtotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£4.7m

This is a large award for Financial & Insurance Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 8,013 valued Financial & Insurance Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking to establish an integrated Business Support, Financial Support, Skills Consultancy & Brokerage service, to replace the existing Business Support Contract which expires in June 2024 and introduce additional service elements to create a holistic offer. \r There will be a single lot with three main service areas: \r - General Business Support\r - Business Financial Advice and Support \r - Skills Consultancy and Brokerage Service\r The service will be for a period of 21 months to run from 1st July 2024 to 31st March 2026.\r The tender is subject to minimum scores on some of the quality questions and to maximum caps on price as set out in the published tender documents.\r Bidders must be able to deliver the full requirements as set out in the Specification, including all 3 areas of service:\r • General Business Support\r • Business Financial Advice and Support\r • Skills Consultancy and Brokerage Service \r No variants or options will be accepted.\r \r The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at\r https://procontract.due-north.com/Login\r Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address\r Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via\r https://procontract.due-north.com/Login\r \r

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking to establish an integrated Business Support, Financial Support, Skills Consultancy & Brokerage service, to replace the existing Business Support Contract which expires in June 2024 and introduce additional service elements to create a holistic offer. \r.

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General Business Support\r

General Business Support\r.

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Business Financial Advice and Support \r

Business Financial Advice and Support \r.

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Bidders must be able to deliver

Bidders must be able to deliver the full requirements as set out in the Specification, including all 3 areas of service:\r.

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• General Business Support\r

• General Business Support\r.

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Source & provenance
OCID
8ebdd81f-c7e1-4b70-9dee-614e05d6f12d
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
ECC001-DN709850-69108094
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