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    ContractsWest Midlands Creative Industry Support Programme - Pre-Market Engagement
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    West Midlands Creative Industry Support Programme - Pre-Market Engagement

    Contract value
    £2.3m
    Published 9 Oct 2026

    WMCA is conducting pre-market engagement to gather supplier feedback on designing a new support programme for West Midlands creative businesses and organisations.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· West MidlandsPublished 9 Oct 2026· TodayviaFind a Tender
    Contract value
    £2.3m
    Published 9 Oct 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £2,300,000indicative
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Financial Services
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      West Midlands

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened today.

    9 October 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is seeking market feedback to inform the design of the WM Collaborator Fund, a new support programme for creative businesses. The creative sector in the West Midlands is large and diverse, comprising many small organisations, micro-businesses, and freelancers. While existing business and skills support is available, identified gaps show that creative businesses need better help progressing, scaling, and accessing higher-value opportunities. This pre-market engagement exercise will gather information about current challenges, test proposed approaches, identify effective delivery models, and collect feedback to shape future programme design and procurement. This is an information-gathering exercise only and does not commit WMCA or participants to future procurement or provide preferential treatment. Interested suppliers are invited to join an online engagement event on 26th October at 1:30pm via Microsoft Teams. To receive the invitation link, submit your interest by 5pm on 23rd October through the Bravo Portal (project reference: project_1254). All questions should be submitted through the portal, not direct contact with WMCA officers.

    Track record

    3 awards · 3 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In financial services, WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY has awarded 3 contracts to 3 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Vision ERP1× · 33%
    2. DUAL Corporate Risks Limited1× · 33%
    3. WIISPA LIMITED1× · 33%

    Across financial services, the most active winners are ARTHUR J GALLAGHER INSURANCE BROKERS LTD, ECCLESIASTICAL INSURANCE OFFICE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, ALLPAY LTD — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-0784ef

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    Sector
    Financial Services