Official UK procurement notice
Child Poverty Reduction Programme - In work poverty and good work grants
Authority: North East Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis invitation to tender invites bidders to apply to deliver on the North East MSA's commitment in the North East Child Poverty Action Plan, to reduce in-work poverty through funded support for employers. This work will help more organisations to better understand the financial circumstances of their employees and make meaningful changes to improve working conditions. This work aims to drive social change within the workplace, to reduce the incidence and impact of in-work poverty, increase financial resilience, and create better jobs that make work pay. This is part of a wider programme of work delivering against the North East child poverty action plan and connects directly with SHINE, which is designed to recognise employers who lead with fairness, opportunity and respect.
Tender Documentation is available at www.open-uk.org ↗ under project # OPEN20261761.
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£2,500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Aug 2026, 14:23 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2026, 14:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
OPEN20261761- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-077729- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e4bfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tender Documentation is available at www.open-uk.org ↗ under project # OPEN20261761.
Timeline
14 Aug 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published73 days ago14 Aug 2026, 14:23 BST
- Clarification questions by52 days ago4 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline48 days ago8 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 3 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 4 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published14 Aug 2026, 14:23 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender