Official UK procurement notice
Somerset Race, Interfaith and Belief
Authority: Somerset Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South West (UKK23)
Published estimate£498,000≈ £125k / year · £597,600 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 May 2025awarded 4 Jun 2025
Awarded to The Community Council for Somerset
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Jun 2029 · starts 1 Jul 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDeliverables
- Delivery of training and development sessions
- Number of Together Events delivered
- Functioning Interfaith and Belief Network and Ethnically Diverse Community engagement network
Outcomes
- Ethnically Diverse Communities feeling empowered to make their voice heard
- Council services more informed and considerate of Ethnically Diverse Communities
- An infrastructure of interfaith and belief work and celebration in Somerset
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£498,000
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).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Award will be based on 60% Quality, 30% Price and 10% Social Value.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Apr 2025, 15:59 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2025, 14:57 BST
- Authority reference
ERFX1001923- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013464- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fe48Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 7 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
7 Apr 2025 → 2 Sept 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published7 Apr 2025, 15:59 BST
- Clarification questions by30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline7 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published2 Sept 2025, 14:57 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Apr 2025- Tender notice published7 Apr 2025, 15:59 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published2 Sept 2025, 14:57 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete2 Sept 2025, 14:57 BST
- Contract signature expected2 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £498,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Community Council for SomersetSMEVCSE2 Sept 2025 – 30 Jun 2029 | £498,000 | 4 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 3 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR SOMERSETAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender