Oxfordshire Growth Hub Business Support
Estimated value
£230k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
16 Dec 2025
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Description
Enterprise Oxfordshire requires a supplier to build on our Growth Hub business support offer to Oxfordshire SMEs. The supplier will be required to set up, implement, manage and deliver an outstanding Growth Hub offer for Oxfordshire. This will include: • Triaging businesses to ensure they access the most suitable support for them. • Designing business support options for any sector, stage and type of business. • Delivering business support activities which are innovative, tailored to SME business needs in Oxfordshire and impactful - driving benefits for businesses and the wider economy. • Working with internal teams to attract new clients to the support as well as promoting the support offered. • Generating new clients for the Growth Hub. • Providing programme management support including back-office administration and reporting. • Evaluating delivery and providing case studies and impact reports.
Scope
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f68d
- Total value
- £230,000 excluding VAT£276,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2027Possible extension to 31 Mar 2028
The contract may be extended by up to 100% of the value and time, i.e. a further one year at £296,000. Should it be extended to this extent the targets will also increase by 100%. An extension will be at the discretion of Enterprise Oxfordshire, depending on availability of funding, performance and the needs of Oxfordshire businesses.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 79000000
- Contract locations
- Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Quality questions set out in ITT | quality | 80.00% |
| Price | — | price | 20.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure