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# Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/big-lottery-fund-operating-as-the-national-lottery-community-gov-pb1283). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund is a UK Contracting Authority based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 47 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund
- **Classification:** UK Contracting Authority
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-75290` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 47
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £12m (median award: £172k) across 26 of 26 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (The National Lottery Community Fund), govuk-organisations (Big Lottery Fund)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/big-lottery-fund-operating-as-the-national-lottery-community-gov-pb1283

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 10 bids (median of 11 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 9% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 1% below the published estimate (median of 10 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 32 (97%), Framework: 1 (3%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 16 (48%), Limited / restricted: 9 (27%), Direct award: 5 (15%), Route not published: 2 (6%), Selective: 1 (3%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 11 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
2. **[Research and development services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/research-development-r-d-73000000) (CPV 73):** 9 notices, last 24 months (27% of this period)
3. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 6 notices, last 24 months (18% of this period)
4. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 2 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
5. **[Financial and insurance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/financial-and-insurance-services-66000000) (CPV 66):** 1 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Caribbean & African Health Network](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/caribbean-african-health-network-coh-10845632):** 2 procedures (3 awards)
2. **[Komi Group Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/komi-group-ltd-coh-09817343):** 2 procedures
3. **[LONDON ECONOMICS](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/london-economics-coh-04083204):** 1 procedures (2 awards)
4. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** 1 procedures
5. **[GOLIN LIMITED t/a Golin Ketchum](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/golin-limited-t-a-golin-ketchum-coh-02713976):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ipsos-market-research-ltd-coh-00948470):** £2.8m · [C0138 - UK Fund Monitoring Evaluation & Learning](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c0138-uk-fund-monitoring-evaluation-learning-ocds-h6vhtk-05dc97) · Awarded: 17 Sept 2026
2. **[GOLIN LIMITED t/a Golin Ketchum](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/golin-limited-t-a-golin-ketchum-coh-02713976):** £2.1m · [NLPU Cross Distributor Campaign](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nlpu-cross-distributor-campaign-ocds-h6vhtk-06b61d) · Awarded: 4 Sept 2026
3. **[CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICES](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/centre-for-effective-services-GB-COH-BR015172):** £1.2m · [C0100 Grant Holder Learning](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c0100-grant-holder-learning-ocds-h6vhtk-0593fb) · Awarded: 15 Oct 2025
4. **[BHSF](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bhsf-coh-00035500):** £1.2m · [Healthcare Cash Plan](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/healthcare-cash-plan-ocds-h6vhtk-054941)
5. **[The Young Foundation](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-young-foundation-coh-01319183):** £794k · [C0139- UKP ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukp-organisational-development-ocds-h6vhtk-067466) · Awarded: 10 Jul 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 3
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 8
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/big-lottery-fund-operating-as-the-national-lottery-community-gov-pb1283#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/big-lottery-fund-operating-as-the-national-lottery-community-gov-pb1283
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt