Scope
Reference
99724
Description
Funded by the DCMS, the Create Growth Programme (CGP) aims to stimulate investment into the creative industries (CI), through the provision of three complementary strands of activity: The CGP comprises three complementary strands: A) business support targeted at the creative industries; B) access to finance; C) investor capacity-building activities. Strand B (access to finance) is separately funded by Government, and is being delivered by Innovate UK through tranches of grant funding and innovation competition funding rounds that will be delivered concurrently with this tender (details of which will be announced in April / May 2025). The successful tenderer will be expected to deliver strand A (business support), and collaborate with Innovate UK on strand B (finance) and strand C (investor capacity building) in West Yorkshire, while collaborating with Innovate UK, to enhance West Yorkshire businesses' access to the available funding. As such, the delivery partner should be able to demonstrate extensive experience of delivering business support activities for Creative Industrise businesses, a track-record of securing investment funds from local, regional and national investment networks, and experience of working with the investor community to build capacity and confidence to invest in Creative Industry businesses. The initial contract period budget is £318,750. We anticipate including 2 x 12 months optional extensions subject to funding. The 2 x 12 month extensions equate to £850,000 or £425,000 per optional extension.
Total value (estimated)
- £1,168,750 excluding VAT
- £1,402,500 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 31 July 2025 to 1 May 2026
- Possible extension to 1 May 2028
- 2 years, 9 months, 2 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Contract locations
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
Engagement
Engagement deadline
13 May 2025
The engagement was carried out before this notice was published.
Engagement process description
In May 2025, we published a UK3 Planned Procurement Notice (PPN) under the new Procurement Act 2023 (PA23), which included details and registration information for a Market Engagement Event relating to the future commissioning of the Create Growth Programme. The Market Engagement Event took place on Tuesday 13th May 2025, from 13:00 to 13:30 PM, and was held online via Microsoft Teams. The purpose of the event was to assess market interest, outline our commissioning strategy and ambitions, present key information including our funding position and proposed timeline, and introduce the e-tendering portal (YORtender) that will be used for the procurement. The session also included a Q&A segment to allow suppliers to raise queries. The event slides and recording which covers any Q&A responses will be made available to all potential bidders as part of the tender documentation.
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
28 May 2025
Procedure
Special regime
Light touch
Contracting authority
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHYG-7328-ZLQJ
Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street
Leeds
LS1 2DE
United Kingdom
Contact name: Sukhninder Kaur
Telephone: +44 1133481770
Email: sukhninder.kaur@westyorks-ca.gov.uk
Website: https://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk
Region: UKE42 - Leeds
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government