← Back to opportunities

Delivery of Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help to support Business Gateway

Renfrewshire Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Renfrewshire Council

Buyer Address: Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, UKM83, PA1 1JB

Contact Name: Gillian Gordon

Contact Email: gillian.gordon@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 3003000300

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
196000.0 GBP
Published
25 Sep 2025, 00:00
Deadline
10 Oct 2025, 12:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
80510000
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Public Contracts Scotland

Description

Renfrewshire Council seek to appoint Service Provider, with the competence and capability to deliver a package of services to support the delivery of start-up and growth Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire. These services may include Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Energy Efficiencies & Net Zero, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management. The Procurement documents and the Specification can be found within Public Contract Scotland Tenders supplier attachment area.

Linked Documents

Some PCS documents require login and recording interest on the source portal before download links are available.

No linked documents found for this notice.

Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP540002

Link Title: Delivery of Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help to support Business Gateway

Link Description: Renfrewshire Council seek to appoint Service Provider, with the competence and capability to deliver a package of services to support the delivery of start-up and growth Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire. These services may include Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Energy Efficiencies & Net Zero, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management. The Procurement documents and the Specification can be found within Public Contract Scotland Tenders supplier attachment area.

Lots

Lot Description: Renfrewshire Council seek to appoint Service Provider, with the competence and capability to deliver a package of services to support the delivery of start-up and growth Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire. These services may include Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Energy Efficiencies & Net Zero, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management.

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Has Options: Yes

Lot 1 Options: Additional workshops and expert help might be required

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Overall Approach

Documents

Document Title: Delivery of Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help to support Business Gateway

Document Description: Renfrewshire Council seek to appoint Service Provider, with the competence and capability to deliver a package of services to support the delivery of start-up and growth Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire. These services may include Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Energy Efficiencies & Net Zero, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management. The Procurement documents and the Specification can be found within Public Contract Scotland Tenders supplier attachment area.

Raw Notice JSON

Expand raw payload
{
  "buyer": {
    "id": "org-26",
    "name": "Renfrewshire Council"
  },
  "date": "2025-09-25T00:00:00Z",
  "description": "Tenderers are to note that this is a new tender for Delivery of Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help to support Business Gateway.\r\n The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30226. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\r\n A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363\r\n Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\r\n A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\r\n Community Benefits will be applied as detailed in the Procurement Documents in Public Contract Scotland tender\r\n (SC Ref:811173)",
  "id": "rls-15-SEP540002",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "EN",
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000811173",
      "rel": "canonical"
    }
  ],
  "ocid": "ocds-r6ebe6-0000811173",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "locality": "Paisley",
        "postalCode": "PA1 1JB",
        "region": "UKM83",
        "streetAddress": "Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "gillian.gordon@renfrewshire.gov.uk",
        "name": "Gillian Gordon",
        "telephone": "+44 3003000300",
        "url": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
          {
            "id": "Regional or local authority",
            "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE"
          },
          {
            "description": "General public services",
            "id": "01",
            "scheme": "COFOG"
          }
        ],
        "url": "http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk"
      },
      "id": "org-26",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Renfrewshire Council"
      },
      "name": "Renfrewshire Council",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "locality": "Edinburgh",
        "postalCode": "EH1 1RQ",
        "streetAddress": "Parliament Square"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "url": "http://"
      },
      "id": "org-27",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Court of Session"
      },
      "name": "Court of Session",
      "roles": [
        "reviewBody",
        "reviewContactPoint"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "relatedProcesses": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "identifier": "2025/S 000-058783",
      "relationship": [
        "planning"
      ],
      "scheme": "EU-OJ"
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "tender"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "awardPeriod": {
      "startDate": "2025-10-10T12:30:00Z"
    },
    "bidOpening": {
      "date": "2025-10-10T12:30:00Z",
      "description": "The tender will be opened in accordance with the Council\u0027s Contract Standing Orders"
    },
    "classification": {
      "id": "80510000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    },
    "communication": {
      "atypicalToolUrl": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/"
    },
    "contractTerms": {
      "electronicInvoicingPolicy": "allowed",
      "hasElectronicOrdering": true,
      "hasElectronicPayment": true
    },
    "coveredBy": [
      "GPA"
    ],
    "description": "Renfrewshire Council seek to appoint Service Provider, with the competence and capability to deliver a package of services to support the delivery of start-up and growth Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire. These services may include Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Energy Efficiencies \u0026 Net Zero, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management. The Procurement documents and the Specification can be found within Public Contract Scotland Tenders supplier attachment area.",
    "documents": [
      {
        "description": "Renfrewshire Council seek to appoint Service Provider, with the competence and capability to deliver a package of services to support the delivery of start-up and growth Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire. These services may include Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Energy Efficiencies \u0026 Net Zero, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management. The Procurement documents and the Specification can be found within Public Contract Scotland Tenders supplier attachment area.",
        "documentType": "contractNotice",
        "format": "text/html",
        "id": "SEP540002",
        "title": "Delivery of Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help to support Business Gateway",
        "url": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP540002"
      }
    ],
    "hasRecurrence": true,
    "id": "RC-CPU-25-124",
    "items": [
      {
        "additionalClassifications": [
          {
            "id": "80510000",
            "scheme": "CPV"
          },
          {
            "id": "80000000",
            "scheme": "CPV"
          },
          {
            "id": "80500000",
            "scheme": "CPV"
          }
        ],
        "deliveryAddresses": [
          {
            "region": "UKM83"
          }
        ],
        "deliveryLocation": {
          "description": "Renfrewshire area"
        },
        "id": "1",
        "relatedLot": "1"
      }
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "32014L0024",
      "scheme": "CELEX"
    },
    "lots": [
      {
        "awardCriteria": {
          "criteria": [
            {
              "description": "18",
              "name": "Overall Approach",
              "type": "quality"
            },
            {
              "description": "40",
              "type": "price"
            }
          ]
        },
        "contractPeriod": {
          "durationInDays": 720
        },
        "description": "Renfrewshire Council seek to appoint Service Provider, with the competence and capability to deliver a package of services to support the delivery of start-up and growth Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire. These services may include Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Energy Efficiencies \u0026 Net Zero, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management.",
        "hasOptions": true,
        "hasRenewal": false,
        "id": "1",
        "options": {
          "description": "Additional workshops and expert help might be required"
        },
        "status": "active",
        "submissionTerms": {
          "electronicCataloguePolicy": "required",
          "variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
        }
      }
    ],
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "procedure": {
      "acceleratedRationale": "The tender titled \u00e2\u0080\u009cDelivery of Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help to support Business Gateway RC-CPU-25-027\u00e2\u0080\u009d was abandoned due to a technical error following a modification that would have altered competition rules. The accelerated procedure is required to allow the Council to obtain the funding for this requirement. The Specification and funding will remain unchanged.",
      "isAccelerated": true
    },
    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
    "recurrence": {
      "description": "Depending on funding, this estimated timeframe for re-tender is August 2027"
    },
    "reviewDetails": "An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2105/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff",
    "selectionCriteria": {
      "criteria": [
        {
          "description": "Meet minimum Insurance requirements as detailed below and in the SPD Scotland.\r\n A financial check of the Provider will be undertaken using Dun \u0026 Bradstreet (D\u0026B). Tenderers must meet the Dunn and Bradstreet minimum failure score as detailed below and in the SPD (Scotland).",
          "minimum": "insurance:\r\n Employer\u0027s (Compulsory) Liability: minimum 5 million GBP each and every claim\r\n Public Liability: minimum 1 million GBP each and every claim\r\n Professional Indemnity Cover: minimum 1 million GBP in the annual aggregate \u00e2\u0080\u0093\r\n Motor Vehicle - please also submit evidence of statutory third party motor vehicle insurance (5,000,000 GBP), in relation to the risk of any errors or omissions in delivering this type of service.\r\n Financial stability:\r\n Dun and Bradstreet - Minimum failure score 20 where this is not achieved, 2 years of Audited Accounts can be provided. Please read the Dunn and Bradstreet attachment within the PCS-T.",
          "type": "economic"
        },
        {
          "minimum": "Tenderers will be required to provide 2 examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in the Procurement Document and SPD (Scotland).",
          "type": "technical"
        }
      ]
    },
    "status": "active",
    "submissionMethod": [
      "electronicSubmission"
    ],
    "submissionMethodDetails": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/",
    "submissionTerms": {
      "bidValidityPeriod": {
        "endDate": "2026-03-09T00:00:00Z"
      },
      "languages": [
        "en"
      ]
    },
    "tenderPeriod": {
      "endDate": "2025-10-10T12:00:00Z"
    },
    "title": "Delivery of Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help to support Business Gateway",
    "value": {
      "amount": 196000.0,
      "currency": "GBP"
    }
  }
}