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# Let's Get Growing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/let-s-get-growing-ocds-h6vhtk-064e00). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Leicester City Council: "Let's Get Growing". Published status: active. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Leicester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leicester-city-council-ons-e06000016)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 August 2026 at 00:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF21
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/let-s-get-growing-ocds-h6vhtk-064e00#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-064e00`

## 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/let-s-get-growing-ocds-h6vhtk-064e00#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FView%3FadvertId%3Dee0c0c68-aa7a-f111-813c-005056b64545%26fromAdvertEvent%3DTrue)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/let-s-get-growing-ocds-h6vhtk-064e00#participate

## Description
Leicester City Council is commissioning the provision of Let’s Get Growing Service (LGGS) 
Leicester City Council is seeking a provider who will build on the success of the previous food growing programme in the city.  Its aim will be to develop community food growing opportunities, harnessing the skills and talents of the growing community and increasing knowledge and skills in communities that may have limited access to nature-based activities such as growing food and socialising outdoors with others.
The service provider will focus on the sharing of good practice through a variety of workshops, training courses and networking events, highlighting the benefits of food growing, ecotherapy and an awareness of green spaces to help prevent ill health and improve the physical and mental health of the local community whilst strengthening their resilience.
The programme will also focus on increasing social inclusion, encouraging communities to engage with all aspects of food growing from seeds through to harvesting and sharing and using their produce.
The proposed Contract will be for an initial period of 3 years, commencing 1st April 2027 to 31st March 2030 with an option to extend to 31st March 2032, subject to satisfactory performance outcomes and agreement by the Authority, taking the contract term to a maximum of 5 years ending 31st March 2032. The estimated contract value is £300,000 excluding VAT and 360,000 Including VAT.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85323000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £300,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F064665-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-09T11:22:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T21:59:35.230Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-064e00