PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

ZCB GMCA Phase 2 consultant support - commercial and governance

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

THE GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY · published 5 Nov 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 ID8cfc075a-fa0e-4572-9e1f-b86dd2659207-920726
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-a4652b07-1d1c-4ffc-b78d-a0a9ea440be9
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/DyTN57AZ
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£173,626
award field
Tender value
£173,626
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72221000
Business analysis consultancy services
Delivery
Not stated
M1 6EU
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This contract provides ongoing commercial and governance support to the Greater Manchester Zone Coordination Body (ZCB) remaining co-design process, and subsequent mobilisation and implementation phases. The co-design process, led by government, has been iterative, requiring support to be procured in phases as/when the scope of work and associated budget have been clarified.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release5 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published26 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published6 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published26 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 5 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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