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title: "Thematic Evaluation - Community Connection"
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# Thematic Evaluation - Community Connection

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thematic-evaluation-community-connection-ocds-h6vhtk-06bf8e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund: "Thematic Evaluation - Community Connection". Published status: complete. Published Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Jul 2026, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/big-lottery-fund-operating-as-the-national-lottery-community-gov-pb1283)
- **Published Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 July 2026 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Evaluation consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £199,535 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thematic-evaluation-community-connection-ocds-h6vhtk-06bf8e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06bf8e`

## 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/thematic-evaluation-community-connection-ocds-h6vhtk-06bf8e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D106725%26TID100111821%26B%3D)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thematic-evaluation-community-connection-ocds-h6vhtk-06bf8e#participate

## Description
Our Evidence and Impact Strategy sets out an ambition to increase the proportion of our funding supported by independent impact evaluations. A key way for achieving this is through commissioning and publishing cross-Fund impact evaluations on themes linked to our missions (e.g. environmental sustainability and community connection). To support this ambition, the Impact & Evaluation (I&E) Team is undertaking a project designed to:
a. develop an pproach for carrying out cross-Fund thematic evaluation
b. test this approach through a pilot thematic evaluation
c. make recommendations for embedding thematic evaluation into future practice
While the fund regularly commissions evaluations for specific programmes, undertaking an evaluation focused on a theme cutting across multiple portfolios is new. This pilot evaluation will therefore generate both impact evidence on a theme, and methodological learning from the process to support in decisions about rollong this approach out more widely.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0000: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0000`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79419000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £200,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/10/2026 to 31/03/2028

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Thematic Evaluation - Community Cohesion (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-10248`
  - Value: £199,535 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 25/08/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060964-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-09T10:50:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T05:08:39.801Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06bf8e