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Create Growth Programme

West Yorkshire Combined Authority · Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 01:05.

Opportunity overview

Funded by the DCMS, the Create Growth Programme (CGP) aims to stimulate investment into the creative industries (CI), through the provision of three complementary strands of activity: The CGP comprises three complementary strands: A) business support targeted at the creative industries; B) access to finance; C) investor capacity-building activities. Strand B (access to finance) is separately funded by Government, and is being delivered by Innovate UK through tranches of grant funding and innovation competition funding rounds that will be delivered concurrently with this tender (details of which will be announced in April / May 2025). 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) in West Yorkshire, while collaborating with Innovate UK, to enhance West Yorkshire businesses' access to the available funding. As such, the delivery partner should be able to demonstrate extensive experience of delivering business support activities for Creative Industrise businesses, 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 Creative Industry businesses. The initial contract period budget is £318,750. We anticipate including 2 x 12 months optional extensions subject to funding. The 2 x 12 month extensions equate to £850,000 or £425,000 per optional extension.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Creative England Ltd

Match pending…
Published award value
£1.2m
Awarded
25 Jul 2025
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PTBD-1981-LDCP
Location
Salford, UKD34, M50 2AB, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV98000000 — Other community, social and personal services

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0000£1.2m

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
99178
Status
complete
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Procedure

Is Accelerated
Yes
Accelerated Rationale
Qualifying planned procurement notice

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Expected award period

Ends
15 Jul 2025, 00:59

Tender Period

Ends
23 Jun 2025, 12:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
28 May 2025, 00:59

Enquiry period

Ends
12 Jun 2025, 17:00

Special regime

lightTouch

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0000
Status
complete
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
1,168,750
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
1,402,500

Renewal

Description
Included is an extension option of two, 12-month periods.

Award criteria

Weighting Description
Quality: 90% Price: 10%

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Q1A Methodology
Type
quality
Criterion 2
Name
Q1B Methodology
Type
quality
Criterion 3
Name
Q2 Timescales and Project Management
Type
quality
Criterion 4
Name
Q3 Resource
Type
quality
Criterion 5
Name
Q4 Risk Identification and Mitigation
Type
quality
Criterion 6
Name
Q5 Added Value
Type
quality
Criterion 7
Name
Q6 Social Value
Type
quality

Contract period

Ends
1 May 2026, 00:59
Starts
31 Jul 2025, 01:00
Max Extent Date
1 May 2028, 00:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKE4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
98000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Other community, social and personal services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
027914-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
28 May 2025, 08:45

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
019288-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK3
Description
Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
7 May 2025, 10:18
Entry 2
Id
027576-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
27 May 2025, 09:46

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
met
Date Met
13 May 2025, 01:00
Description
In May 2025, we published a UK3 Planned Procurement Notice (PPN) under the new Procurement Act 2023 (PA23), which included details and registration information for a Market Engagement Event relating to the future commissioning of the Create Growth Programme. The Market Engagement Event took place on Tuesday 13th May 2025, from 13:00 to 13:30 PM, and was held online via Microsoft Teams. The purpose of the event was to assess market interest, outline our commissioning strategy and ambitions, present key information including our funding position and proposed timeline, and introduce the e-tendering portal (YORtender) that will be used for the procurement. The session also included a Q&A segment to allow suppliers to raise queries. The event slides and recording which covers any Q&A responses will be made available to all potential bidders as part of the tender documentation.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PHYG-7328-ZLQJ
Name
West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKE42
Country
GB
Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS1 2DE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
PHYG-7328-ZLQJ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Sukhninder Kaur
Telephone
+44 1133481770
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PTBD-1981-LDCP
Name
Creative England Ltd

Roles

supplier
tenderer

Address

Region
UKD34
Country
GB
Locality
Salford
Postal Code
M50 2AB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Tomorrow Building, 130 Broadway Suite 7, 2nd Floor, Mediacityuk

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PTBD-1981-LDCP
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
25 Jul 2025, 01:00
Title
Create Growth Programme
Status
pending
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
29 Jul 2025, 01:00

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKE4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
98000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Other community, social and personal services

Value

Amount
1,168,750
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
1,402,500

Renewal

Description
The initial contract period awarded equates to £315,000. We anticipate including 2 x 12 months optional extensions subject to funding. The 2 x 12 month extensions equate to £850,000 or £425,000 per optional extension.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
043683-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
29 Jul 2025, 09:00

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PTBD-1981-LDCP
Name
Creative England Ltd

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
12 Aug 2025, 00:59

Related lots

LOT-0000

Contract period

Ends
1 Apr 2026, 00:59
Starts
13 Aug 2025, 01:00
Max Extent Date
1 Apr 2028, 00:59

Standstill Period

Ends
8 Aug 2025, 00:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leeds · UKE42 · LS1 2DE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE4 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-050d9c-2025-07-29T09:00:30+01:00Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender ·