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The Local Authorities in Northern Ireland have developed a new enterprise support service
‘ESS’ which aims to put in place a more ambitious approach to the delivery of start-up and growth support which seeks to revamp the current offer and increase the number, survival and growth rates of new businesses across the region. The service aims to provide a set of connected ESS where individuals, entrepreneurs or businesses can access a continuum of support to meet their needs, aligned with the relevant stage of their business.
Given the varying needs of the individuals, entrepreneurs and businesses that will likely engage with this service across the business lifecycle, the Local Authorities have identified a need to put in place a framework which will:
Programme for Government, 10x Economy – Northern Ireland’s Decade of Innovation,
Economy 2030, draft Green Growth Strategy for Northern Ireland, Invest NI’s forward business plans, the City/Growth deals, and inclusive growth focus of the individual Council community plans.
The NIESS will comprise the following three frameworks/ contracts which are being procured separately:
i. NIESS Framework A (preferred Contractors) – Growth and Scaling;
ii. NIESS Framework A (preferred Contractors) – Engage and Foundation; and iii. NIESS Framework B (Subject Matter Experts and Sector Experts);
This procurement relates to the NIESS Framework B (Subject Matter Experts and Sector
Experts).
The other 10 Local Authorities (Contract Users) included are:
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council - Enniskillen Office
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Mid Ulster District Council - Dungannon
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
| Supplier | Identifier | Award Value | Lots Won | Cross-References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Fore Consulting Ltd | - | - | 1 lot Lot 10 - General Business Planning | - |
| Admor Business Solutions | - | - | 2 lots Lot 9 - Financial management · Lot 10 - General Business Planning | - |
| AD Sustainability | - | - | 2 lots Lot 15 - Productivity, Efficiency, Sustainability (resilience) and Environmental support · Lot 27 - Green economy (energy, waste) | - |
| Anaeko | NI044494 | - | 1 lot Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development | - |
| BD Consultancy Ltd | - | - | 6 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 9 - Financial management · Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 20 - Accelerated Scaling businesses · Lot 29 - Construction | - |
| Belfast Metropolitan College | NI704677 | - | 14 lots Lot 1 - Smart technologies/ smart environments and the Internet of Things (IoT) · Lot 3 - Big-data and analytics · Lot 4 - Immersive Technologies (AR/VR/MR/Haptics) · Lot 7 - Cyber security · Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development · Lot 15 - Productivity, Efficiency, Sustainability (resilience) and Environmental support · Lot 16 - Digitalisation · Lot 18 - Social Economy · Lot 19 - Entrepreneurship development and awareness activities and support · Lot 21 - Digital, ICT, and Creative Industries · Lot 22 - Agri-tech and agri-food (including marine environment; fishing) · Lot 24 - Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering | - |
| Catherine Kane Associates | - | - | 5 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 24 - Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering · Lot 25 - Life and Health Sciences · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail · Lot 28 - Logistics, Haulage & Distribution | - |
| Celsio | - | - | 2 lots Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development · Lot 20 - Accelerated Scaling businesses | - |
| Climate Essentials | 12007941 | - | 1 lot Lot 15 - Productivity, Efficiency, Sustainability (resilience) and Environmental support | - |
| Close Focus | - | - | 3 lots Lot 17 - Procurement · Lot 25 - Life and Health Sciences · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail | - |
| Core Consulting | Charity Commission: 1157143 | - | 13 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development · Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 14 - Export (Continental Europe/Worldwide) · Lot 17 - Procurement · Lot 18 - Social Economy · Lot 20 - Accelerated Scaling businesses · Lot 23 - Fintech / Financial & Professional Services · Lot 25 - Life and Health Sciences · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail · Lot 27 - Green economy (energy, waste) | - |
| Core Impact | - | - | 1 lot Lot 8 - Management skills | - |
| Counter Digital | - | - | 4 lots Lot 16 - Digitalisation · Lot 21 - Digital, ICT, and Creative Industries · Lot 22 - Agri-tech and agri-food (including marine environment; fishing) · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail | - |
| Dark Red Design | - | - | 1 lot Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development | - |
| Deirdre Fitzpatrick & Associates | - | - | 1 lot Lot 1 - Smart technologies/ smart environments and the Internet of Things (IoT) | - |
| Devlin Associates | - | - | 3 lots Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail · Lot 29 - Construction | - |
| Diamond Consulting | OSCR: SC024979 | - | 6 lots Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 17 - Procurement · Lot 20 - Accelerated Scaling businesses · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail | - |
| Doherty Consulting Ltd | NI681065 | - | 13 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development · Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 14 - Export (Continental Europe/Worldwide) · Lot 15 - Productivity, Efficiency, Sustainability (resilience) and Environmental support · Lot 16 - Digitalisation · Lot 18 - Social Economy · Lot 19 - Entrepreneurship development and awareness activities and support · Lot 20 - Accelerated Scaling businesses · Lot 24 - Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering · Lot 25 - Life and Health Sciences | - |
| EMD Consulting | - | - | 3 lots Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 17 - Procurement · Lot 29 - Construction | - |
| Enterprise Northern Ireland | NI038769 | ~£12,000,000 estimated from lot values | 1 lot Lots 1 – Enabling Growth and Scaling Derry City & Strabane District Council and Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | - |
| Enterprise North West | - | - | 7 lots Lot 9 - Financial management · Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 16 - Digitalisation · Lot 17 - Procurement · Lot 18 - Social Economy · Lot 19 - Entrepreneurship development and awareness activities and support · Lot 20 - Accelerated Scaling businesses | - |
| Excalibur Press | NI674113 | - | 13 lots Lot 5 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning · Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 16 - Digitalisation · Lot 18 - Social Economy · Lot 19 - Entrepreneurship development and awareness activities and support · Lot 21 - Digital, ICT, and Creative Industries · Lot 24 - Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering · Lot 25 - Life and Health Sciences · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail · Lot 27 - Green economy (energy, waste) · Lot 29 - Construction | - |
| Flax & Teal Ltd | NI617545 | - | 3 lots Lot 3 - Big-data and analytics · Lot 5 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning · Lot 16 - Digitalisation | - |
| Full Circle | Charity Commission: 1167274 | - | 3 lots Lot 3 - Big-data and analytics · Lot 4 - Immersive Technologies (AR/VR/MR/Haptics) · Lot 5 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | - |
| Global Education NI Ltd | NI066210 | - | 4 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 17 - Procurement | - |
| Horizon Two Six Ltd | NI611582 | - | 4 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 9 - Financial management · Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development | - |
| i2 Total Marketing Ltd | NI057773 | - | 10 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 14 - Export (Continental Europe/Worldwide) · Lot 21 - Digital, ICT, and Creative Industries · Lot 22 - Agri-tech and agri-food (including marine environment; fishing) · Lot 23 - Fintech / Financial & Professional Services · Lot 24 - Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail · Lot 27 - Green economy (energy, waste) · Lot 29 - Construction | - |
| Improve Your Business | - | - | 4 lots Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 18 - Social Economy · Lot 21 - Digital, ICT, and Creative Industries · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail | - |
| Insight Mystery Shopping | - | - | 2 lots Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail | - |
| Mallusk Enterprise Park | - | - | 1 lot Lot 2 - Process automation via robotics/cobotics | - |
| M Carlin Consulting | - | - | 1 lot Lot 9 - Financial management | - |
| McCormick Communications | - | - | 4 lots Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 15 - Productivity, Efficiency, Sustainability (resilience) and Environmental support · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail · Lot 27 - Green economy (energy, waste) | - |
| MnTech | - | - | 7 lots Lot 1 - Smart technologies/ smart environments and the Internet of Things (IoT) · Lot 2 - Process automation via robotics/cobotics · Lot 4 - Immersive Technologies (AR/VR/MR/Haptics) · Lot 6 - Distributed ledger systems/ blockchain technologies · Lot 16 - Digitalisation · Lot 21 - Digital, ICT, and Creative Industries · Lot 24 - Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering | - |
| Place Solutions | - | - | 2 lots Lot 22 - Agri-tech and agri-food (including marine environment; fishing) · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail | - |
| Profile Tree | - | - | 5 lots Lot 5 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning · Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 16 - Digitalisation · Lot 21 - Digital, ICT, and Creative Industries · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail | - |
| P&Z Consulting Ltd | 12018759 | - | 5 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development · Lot 20 - Accelerated Scaling businesses · Lot 22 - Agri-tech and agri-food (including marine environment; fishing) | - |
| Rory Clifford | - | - | 2 lots Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 21 - Digital, ICT, and Creative Industries | - |
| Ross Boyd (Belfast) Limited | NI648325 | - | 1 lot Lot 9 - Financial management | - |
| Sandra Young | - | - | 3 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 18 - Social Economy · Lot 19 - Entrepreneurship development and awareness activities and support | - |
| SMT Solutions | - | - | 2 lots Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 26 - Vitality of Place: Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure & Retail | - |
| South Eastern Regional College | - | - | 6 lots Lot 2 - Process automation via robotics/cobotics · Lot 8 - Management skills · Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development · Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 16 - Digitalisation | - |
| Specialist Export Solutions Ltd | NI680323 | - | 4 lots Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 14 - Export (Continental Europe/Worldwide) · Lot 22 - Agri-tech and agri-food (including marine environment; fishing) · Lot 24 - Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering | - |
| Venture Folk Ltd | RS004722 | - | 1 lot Lot 19 - Entrepreneurship development and awareness activities and support | - |
| Xcell Innovation Technology Ltd | NI657505 | - | 6 lots Lot 10 - General Business Planning · Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development · Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) · Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) · Lot 16 - Digitalisation · Lot 19 - Entrepreneurship development and awareness activities and support | - |
| Young Enterprise NI | - | - | 1 lot Lot 19 - Entrepreneurship development and awareness activities and support | - |
This procurement was divided into 68 lots, each awarded separately. 2069 bids were received in total.
| Lot | Value | Bids Received | Awarded To | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 Lots 1 – Enabling Growth and Scaling Derry City & Strabane District Council and Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £12,000,000 | 1 single bid — no competition | Enterprise Northern Ireland | active |
| Lot 2 Lot 2 - Enabling Growth and Scaling Mid & East Antrim Borough Council and Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £1,100,000 | - | - | active |
| Lot 3 Lot 3 - Enabling Growth and Scaling Belfast City Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £2,800,000 | - | - | active |
| Lot 4 Lot 4 - Enabling Growth and Scaling Ards & North Down Borough Council, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council; and Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £3,800,000 | - | - | active |
| Lot 5 Lot 5 - Enabling Growth and Scaling Fermanagh & Omagh District Council, Mid Ulster Council and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £4,300,000 | - | - | active |
| Lot 6 Lots 6 – Enabling Growth and Scaling Derry City & Strabane District Council and Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £1,940,000 | - | - | active |
| Lot 7 Lot 7 - Enabling Growth and Scaling Mid & East Antrim Borough Council and Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £1,660,000 | - | - | active |
| Lot 8 Lot 8 - Enabling Growth and Scaling Belfast City Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £2,620,000 | - | - | active |
| Lot 9 Lot 9 - Enabling Growth and Scaling Ards & North Down Borough Council, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council; and Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £3,584,000 | - | - | active |
| Lot 10 Lot 10 - Enabling Growth and Scaling Fermanagh & Omagh District Council, Mid Ulster Council and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | £4,000,000 | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 1 - Smart technologies/ smart environments and the Internet of Things (IoT) 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 2 - Process automation via robotics/cobotics 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 3 - Big-data and analytics 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 4 - Immersive Technologies (AR/VR/MR/Haptics) 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 5 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 6 - Distributed ledger systems/ blockchain technologies 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 7 - Cyber security 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 8 - Management skills 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 9 - Financial management 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 10 - General Business Planning 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 11 - Innovation and New Product Development 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 12 - Marketing & Sales (Traditional) 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 13 - Export (UK/ROI) 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 14 - Export (Continental Europe/Worldwide) 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 15 - Productivity, Efficiency, Sustainability (resilience) and Environmental support 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 16 - Digitalisation 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 17 - Procurement 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 18 - Social Economy 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 19 - Entrepreneurship development and awareness activities and support 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
| Lot Lot 20 - Accelerated Scaling businesses 1,440 days (≈3.9 yrs) | - | - | - | active |
Government spending data: These suppliers have received £1,907,053 in 8 payments (over £25k) from DLUHC, MHCLG, UKRI (2023-06-02 to 2024-12-09).