Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 22 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

C0185 Scotland Governance and Finance

Authority: The National Lottery Community Fund (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£1,500,000≈ £514k / year · £1,800,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 27 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 11 moup to 4 yrs 11 mo with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The National Lottery Community Fund (the “Fund”) is seeking to appoint a delivery partner (or partnership) to design and deliver a Governance and Financial support contract for The Fund grant holders in Scotland. Through this investment, the Fund aims to advance its core missions: enabling communities to be healthier and more connected, supporting children and young people to thrive, and promoting environmentally sustainable communities. The contract will promote a culture of learning and continuous improvement across all Fund grant holders in Scotland, offering a structured but flexible programme of support that organisations can engage with at different stages of their journey. It will provide a planned set of activities alongside responsive, tailored support, enabling grant holders to access the level and type of governance and financial support most appropriate to their needs and circumstances. This pre-market engagement will provide details to support the development of the tender documents and process.

CPV: Research consultancy services · Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs 11 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 1 Mar 2030 (2 yrs 11 mo) · up to 4 yrs 11 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions
Extension options published
73110000 Research services73210000 Research consultancy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
Authority reference
C0185
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Research consultancy servicesResearch services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077793

How it was run

Submission deadline

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published1 day ago
    22 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
  2. Market engagementin 14 days
    6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTuk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_…
  3. Tender notice expectedin 66 days
    27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 190 days
    1 Apr 2027, 01:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Sept 2026, 14:02 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The National Lottery Community Fund

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNLV-9975-CQQW Apex House, 3 Embassy Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 1TR [email protected] +44 3454102030

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure