OTHERopen🌐 United Kingdom (Find a Tender)FTS055
Support for Communities Framework 2026-2030
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Description
The Framework is an alternative means of providing a range of practical hands-on support (not advice, which is available through HIE’s Specialist Advice Framework) to community organisations and social enterprises that lack the capacity or a particular skill-set to timeously progress an opportunity. This is added value support and must complement the existing social enterprise support ecosystem and, therefore, must not duplicate services already available via other HIE Frameworks e.g. Board Healthcheck and Skills Training or other public sector/public sector supported organisations, e.g. Business Gateway, Just Enterprise, etc. It is expected that these services will be required from November 2026 for an initial period of 3 years, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the Initial Term. The 3 year budget currently available to deliver this service is between GBP 400,000 and GBP 450,000 (excluding VAT). The total estimated value of the framework for the full framework duration including the extension is GBP 600,000, which is the value stated in this notice.
Details?
- Posted
- Aug 6, 2026
- Response deadline
- Sep 10, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC (34d)
- Type
- OTHER
- Category
- services
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Status
- active
- Estimated value
- GBP 600,000
- Buyer
- Highlands and Islands Enterprise
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom (Find a Tender)
- Reference #
- FTS055
- Has Description
- true
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Tender Value Currency
- GBP
- Tender Covered By
- GPA
- Tender Legal Basis Scheme
- CELEX
- Tender Recurrence Description
- HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the contract or at the end of the contract period, including any extension period.
- Tender Techniques Framework Agreement Maximum Participants
- 7
- Tender Description
- The Framework is an alternative means of providing a range of practical hands-on support (not advice, which is available through HIE’s Specialist Advice Framework) to community organisations and socia
- Tender Contract Terms Performance Terms
- Refer to Appendix A Scope of Requirements and Terms and Conditions
- Tender Contract Terms Electronic Invoicing Policy
- allowed
- Tender Review Details
- An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotlan
- Tender Classification Scheme
- CPV
- Tender Classification Description
- Business and management consultancy and related services
- Tender Submission Terms Languages
- en
- Tender Submission Terms Bid Validity Period End Date
- Nov 9, 2026
- Tender Submission Method
- electronicSubmission
- Tender Procurement Method
- open
- Tender Submission Method Details
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Contact
hieprocurement@hient.co.uk
+44 1463245245
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