Official UK procurement notice
SOL Community Grant Making Service PME
Authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG32)
Published estimate£150,000≈ £150k / year · £150,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submission deadline Not published
Next notice expected 8 Dec 2025
Contract term 1 yrup to 3 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis service is to promote, administer, and manage The Solihull Community Grants Programme that supports voluntary and community sector organisations to deliver activities and services that benefit local communities and residents.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1CancelledRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
85300000 Social work and related services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 18 Nov 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Nov 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Authority reference
SOL30098- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059911
How it was run
- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published379 days ago12 Sept 2025, 09:32 BST
- Market engagement361 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
SMBC is carrying out early market engagement to help shape the future commissioning of a service that manages and distributes community grants. We want to understand whether there is interest from organisations in bidding for this contract, should it be opened to the wider market. Anticipated more…
Process/Timescales* Market testing sent out 12/09/2025 Deadline for return from providers 30/09/2025 - Latest notice published312 days ago18 Nov 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Next notice expected292 days ago8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts179 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 12 Sept 2025 | CancelledThis notice is a duplicate published due to an esender error. The correct notice (OCID) ocds-h6vhtk-059912 still applies. |
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Sept 2025- Procurement termination notice published18 Nov 2025, 15:18 GMTUK12
- Published value updated18 Nov 2025, 15:18 GMTwas £150,000
- Status changed to withdrawn18 Nov 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Buyer details updated18 Nov 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Sept 2025, 09:32 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender