Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
8876556
Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street
Leeds
LS1 2DE
UK
Contact person: Sukhninder Kaur
Telephone: +44 1133481770
E-mail: sukhninder.kaur@westyorks-ca.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/103257
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
External Creative Growth DCMS Grant Delivery Partner
II.1.2) Main CPV code
98000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Funded by the DCMS, the Create Growth Programme (CGP) aims to stimulate investment into the creative industries (CI).
The CGP comprises three complementary strands:
A) business support targeted at the creative industries;
B) finance;
C) investor capacity-building activities.
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).
As such, the delivery partner should be able to demonstrate extensive experience of delivering business support activities for CIs, 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 CI businesses.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
445 492.75
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79000000
98000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Funded by the DCMS, the Create Growth Programme (CGP) aims to stimulate investment into the creative industries (CI).
The CGP comprises three complementary strands:
A) business support targeted at the creative industries;
B) finance;
C) investor capacity-building activities.
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).
As such, the delivery partner should be able to demonstrate extensive experience of delivering business support activities for CIs, 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 CI businesses.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Methodology - Understanding and Approach
/ Weighting: 150
Quality criterion: Methodology - Service Design and Delivery
/ Weighting: 150
Quality criterion: Resource
/ Weighting: 200
Quality criterion: Timescales and Project Management
/ Weighting: 150
Quality criterion: Added Value
/ Weighting: 100
Quality criterion: Risk Identification and Mitigation
/ Weighting: 50
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-029032
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Create Growth Programme DCMS Grant Delivery Partner
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/01/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Creative England Limited
Tomorrow Building, 130 Broadway, Suite 7 ,2nd Floor, MediaCityUK
Salford
M50 2AB
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 445 492.75
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
London
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street
Leeds
LS1 2DE
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/02/2024