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Northumberland County Council

NCC1819 Business Northumberland Investment Fund (BNIF) - Fund Manager

Financial ServicesCPV 66000000
Value£5.5m
Deadline
Published24 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Teresa Skelly
teresa.skelly@northumberland.gov.uk

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Contract value in context
£5.5mtotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£5.9m

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.

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Northumberland County Council has published 10 Financial & Insurance Services notices, about every 4 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around December 2026.

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The brief

Business Northumberland Investment Fund (BNIF) - Fund Manager The Contracting Authority is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Fund Manager to establish and manage the Business Northumberland Investment Fund (BNIF).

BNIF is a place-based investment fund designed to address identified gaps in access to finance for businesses across Northumberland through the provision of debt, equity and hybrid financial instruments.

Further details of the Contracting Authority's requirements under the Contract and other relevant information is contained in the ITT Specification at Schedule 2.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
080182-2026
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