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Growth Hub 2025

Essex County Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 01:10.

Opportunity overview

Growth Hubs are an established business support service provided, which provide free and impartial signposting, information, and advice to all businesses looking to succeed, helping them to navigate the national and local support landscape. It is Government grant funded annually by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and provides a one stop shop for business support services that offers: • Information, navigation, and signposting via a coordinated, multi-channel service • One-to-one structured support to small and medium enterprises, incorporating a diagnostic assessment of business needs and advice and guidance.

Awarded to

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Smarter Society Limited

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Contract value
£25k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
29 Apr 2025
Including VAT
£30k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Location
London, UKI31, WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PL0109
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PWVM-4844-NRQH
Name
Essex County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH36
Country
GB
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1QH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall, Market Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PWVM-4844-NRQH
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-146731
Name
Smarter Society Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI31
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
WC1N 3AX
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
27 Old Gloucester Street

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79400000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Business and management consultancy and related services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-146731
Name
Smarter Society Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Award ID
1
Date Signed
30 Apr 2025, 00:00
Above Threshold
Yes

Value

Amount
25,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
30,000

Period

Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
12 Aug 2025, 00:00

Documents

Entry 1
Id
018972-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
6 May 2025, 09:39
Entry 2
Id
048262-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK10
Description
Contract change notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
13 Aug 2025, 09:55

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
048262-2025
Date
12 Aug 2025, 00:00
Rationale
Department of Business and Trade, as part of the Growth Hub contract, have provided an additional amount of funding to Growth Hubs with the request to support mutual/cooperative and high street businesses to align with their Backing Essex Business plan and their aspiration to support alternative and high street businesses. The service provider will use the additional funding to target and provide support to the required alternative and high street businesses. The change enacted was covered in the initial specification but as funding rules had not been confirmed at the point of tender it was an option to be exercised at a later date once the rules on funding were known. Change enacted under permissible change permissible on the basis of section 8 (1) from PA23 regulations

Rationale Classifications

Entry 1
Id
additionalGoodsServicesWorks

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Chelmsford · UKH36 · CM1 1QH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-050cd3-2025-08-13T09:55:50+01:00Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·