Official UK procurement notice
Digital Community Support Finding Solution
Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (Local council)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South West (UKK24)
Awarded value£75,000published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 25 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Community Action Network
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCreating Community Support Finding Solutions using Open Referral UK data. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is supporting councils to adopt the Open Referral UK (ORUK) data standard. MHCLG are providing urgent funds for a specific supplier (CAN) to work on their existing Open Referral compliant database - Service Finder to create two innovate solutions for professionals to quickly access information about community services to share with residents.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jul 2026, 10:35 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2026, 10:35 BST
- Authority reference
DN820428- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064010- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c5f8Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published8 Jul 2026, 10:35 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £75,0001 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Action NetworkVCSE | £75,000 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Digital Community Support Finding Solution · Community Action NetworkVCSE
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2026
- Value
- £75,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORKAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender