Published date: 6 May 2025

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 12 May 2025, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

    • Development consultancy services - 73220000

Location of contract

M15JW

Value of contract

£0.01

Procurement reference

GC26 - 001-131

Published date

6 May 2025

Closing date

12 May 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

2 June 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Growth Company is seeking to engage with key partners for our bid to DSIT to address the challenges faced by, and to boost the growth of, innovative UK tech start-ups (pre-seed/series A) outside of London.

We are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from local regionally based tech specialist providers with experience of delivering activities aligned to the objectives.

Together we will deliver a programme of activity that meet the following objectives:

1) Deliver projects to support regional tech entrepreneurship and strengthen regional digital ecosystems - this may include harnessing community-building effects of in-person, local programmes to develop strong regional networks of tech founders and innovators, driving further innovation through collaboration, investment readiness, knowledge sharing or signposting further available support for founders.
2) Promote the strength and competitiveness of all regional tech companies to potential investors - thereby boosting investor confidence, understanding of the sector and inspiring future entrepreneurs to enter the market.
3) Promote best practice and learnings that can be scaled beyond this programme - facilitate the sharing of insights and best practice across different regional digital ecosystems to encourage peer learning and ecosystem-wide benefits and develop advice to inform future DSIT policy development.
4) Ensure efforts to support regional tech are sustainable and enduring. Demonstrate how the outputs of the project will continue to benefit the UK tech sector after the initial government funding period has ended, for example through building legacy assets.

To apply for the EOI, you are required to make your submission via the Panacea e-tendering platform. Please register as a supplier on the Panacea Supplier Platform at the following web address: https://app.panacea-software.com/growth

Once you have accessed the site, to view the opportunity you need to navigate to 'Register Interest', click the 'Participate' Button, then navigate to 'My Questionnaires' where you will be able to download the documents. Your EOI submission must be made on the Panacea Portal.

The deadline for submission of the required documents is: 17:00pm on Monday 12th May 2025.

More information

Links

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Marc Ripley

Address

Lee House
Manchester
M15JW
England

Email

marc.ripley@growthco.uk