- Scope of the procurement
- Lot 1. Start Up Support
- Lot 2. Business Support
- Lot 3. Innovation Support
- Lot 4. Access to Finance Support
- Lot 5. Resource Efficiency Support
- Lot 6. Employment & Skills Support
- Lot 7. Sector Support (Automotive & Manufacturing)
- Lot 8. Sector Support (Digital & Creative)
- Lot 9. Sector Support (Low Carbon Economy)
- Lot 10. Sector Support (Retail, Hospitality & Personal Care)
- Lot 11. Sector Support (Rural Economy)
- Lot 12. Sector Support (Social Care)
- Lot 13. Sector Support (Visitor Economy)
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Warwickshire County Council
Shire Hall,Market Square
WARWICK
CV344SA
procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG13 - Warwickshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Business Support Services DPS
Reference number
WCC - 10481
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This notice involves the setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System. Warwickshire County Council invites applications for admission to their Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Business Support Services. The DPS comprises of 13 Lots, further information in relation to the Lots is contained in the tender documentation.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Start Up Support
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Support for people looking to start a business and new businesses in their first 24 months of trading. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is 5 years initially.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is 5 years initially.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Business Support
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Support for established businesses. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one across individual or a range of fields and specialisms. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Innovation Support
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist support for established and/ or new businesses with developing new products and services. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Access to Finance Support
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist support for established and/ or new businesses with raising finance. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one across specific or all types of finance. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Resource Efficiency Support
Lot No
5
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist support for established and/ or new businesses with resource efficiency. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Employment & Skills Support
Lot No
6
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist support for established and/ or new businesses on employment and skills issues. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Sector Support (Automotive & Manufacturing)
Lot No
7
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist, industry-specific support for established and/ or new businesses in the automotive & engineering sector. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Sector Support (Digital & Creative)
Lot No
8
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist, industry-specific support for established and/ or new businesses in the digital & creative sector. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Sector Support (Low Carbon Economy)
Lot No
9
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist, industry-specific support for established and/ or new businesses in the low carbon technologies sector. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Sector Support (Retail, Hospitality & Personal Care)
Lot No
10
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist, industry-specific support for established and/ or new businesses in customer-facing service sectors. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Sector Support (Rural Economy)
Lot No
11
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist, industry-specific support for established and/ or new rural businesses. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Sector Support (Social Care)
Lot No
12
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist, industry-specific support for established and/ or new businesses in the social care sector. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Sector Support (Visitor Economy)
Lot No
13
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist, industry-specific support for established and/ or new businesses in the visitor economy sector. Delivery could be one-to-many (e.g. workshops) or one-to-one. Opportunities could also involve advising the County Council on the design, delivery and evaluation of its services and programmes.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The period of validity for the DPS is five years initially
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Originally published as:
Date
20 April 2026
Changed to:
Date
23 February 2029
See the change notice.
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
six.3) Additional information
Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (In-Tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is: www.csw-jets.co.uk
Registration and use of In-Tend is free. Once registered, all correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. However, if you are unable to register with the website please email us at procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
This notice involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system.
Some of the individual calls for competition via this DPS may include European Regional Development Fund
funding.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Court of Justice
London
Country
United Kingdom