Published date: 30 October 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 30 September 2024, 8am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Supporting services for the government - 75130000

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

    • Miscellaneous business and business-related services - 79900000

    • Environmental planning - 90712000

    • Environmental issues consultancy services - 90713000

    • Miscellaneous services - 98300000

Location of contract

NN16 8TL

Value of contract

£40,000 to £60,000

Procurement reference

NNC_RFQ_Economic Strategy_Aug24

Published date

30 October 2024

Closing date

30 September 2024

Closing time

8am

Contract start date

2 October 2024

Contract end date

14 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

North Northamptonshire Council invites quotations for the provision of a Local Economic Growth Strategy 2025-2030. This will outline the Council's approach to supporting economic growth locally covering direct action and delivery, policy setting, commissioning, enabling, collaboration, and other activities.

The Council adopted a Corporate Plan in 2021, with a vision for North Northamptonshire as 'a place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

The aims of this commission are to outline the Council's approach to supporting economic growth locally covering direct action and delivery, policy setting, commissioning, enabling, collaboration, and other activities.

The North Northamptonshire Economic Growth Strategy 2025-2030 should have a time horizon that looks towards 2050 but priorities and actions should focus on the period to 2030. The target audience will be local stakeholders (inc. businesses, voluntary and community sector, councils, wider public sector, other interest groups), potential investors, and government.

Words and principles should be translated into tangible actions. This means setting clear and deliverable priorities that are evidence-based, command support and which make a real difference to achieving a greener, stronger, and fairer economy. Action should be tailored to our diverse places, including towns, rural areas, and industrial centres. The work should capitalise on a strong culture of partnership across organisations in the public, private, and voluntary and community sectors in the area.

The strategy should include well designed, high quality and long-term approaches and solutions that stand the test of time and enable us to withstand and bounce back from challenges.

The strategy should aim high, seek to seize opportunities, and rise to challenges quickly, and target world class in key areas where our assets and vision align. A flexible and entrepreneurial approach should help us learn from experience, look ahead, and adapt and respond quickly when needed. Through integrating with health, well-being and environmental plans and goals, the strategy should make creative links across issues and opportunities and forge shared solutions.

The attached Request for Quotation document sets out the requirements and includes all of the details to apply.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

North Northamptonshire Economic Growth Strategy 2025-2030

  • Opportunity
  • Published 23 August 2024, last edited 11 September 2024

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

24 October 2024

Contract start date

24 October 2024

Contract end date

14 March 2025

Total value of contract

£55,838

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

SQW Ltd

Address

Oxford Centre for Innovation
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1BY

Reference

Companies House number: 01701564

Value of contract

£55,838

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Ellwood

Address

Sheerness House, 41 Meadow Road
KETTERING
NN168TL
England

Telephone

01604 367798

Email

sarah.ellwood@northnorthants.gov.uk