PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Social Economy Business Support (SEBS)

West Midlands Combined Authority · published 6 Feb 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID8afc4af9-234e-4d88-a24a-60c8b2fa7963-882535
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-8b0c8493-0567-4212-ae1e-034ab8414ffb
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-330850
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£155,523
award field
Tender value
£155,523
tender field
Procurement method
Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Category
services
CPV
79411100
Business development consultancy services
Delivery
West Midlands, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The successful supplier will deliver a learning programme and administer grant incentives to a minimum of 70 Social Impact Economy organisations ("Participants") who are in the early stages of their development (i.e., less than 2 years old and with a turnover below £100k per annum). Participants must operate in the Social Economy as a not-for-profit trading organisation (e.g., Social Enterprise, Community Business, Cooperative, Charity, etc). This programme will increase business skills (e.g., business and financial planning, sales & marketing etc) of Participants, leading to improved sustainability, increased trading income, reduced dependency on grants, job creation and greater social impact.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release6 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published21 Nov 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published27 Jan 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Aston University

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 6 Feb 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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