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# GMCA 716 - Community Grants Management Agent

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-716-community-grants-management-agent-ocds-h6vhtk-03d47f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "GMCA 716 - Community Grants Management Agent". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-ons-e47000001)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 July 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d47f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-716-community-grants-management-agent-ocds-h6vhtk-03d47f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-716-community-grants-management-agent-ocds-h6vhtk-03d47f#participate

## Description
The GMCA Education, Skills & Work (ESW) directorate are seeking to procure a Managing
Agent (MA) to deliver a long-term Community Grants programme (later referred to as ‘the
Vehicle’). Community based projects will be funded via Community Grants (up to the value
of £100k per grant) and delivered by VCSE sector organisations and housing providers
working with disadvantaged and/or excluded unemployed and inactive residents (aged 16
and over) for the purpose of enabling their progress towards and skills employment across
Greater Manchester.
The Managing Agent will be responsible for all aspects of the grant administering process
and will be accountable for the achievement of the outcomes set out in this specification.
For more information on this procurement please visit The Chest at https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £500,000

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 032816-2023-GMCA 716-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Worker Educational Association**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-97712`
  - Value: £500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 032816-2023-GMCA 716-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £500,000
  - Signed Date: 21/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032816-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-06T15:41:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:05:20.359Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d47f