Official UK procurement notice
Third Sector Infrastructure Support and Representation
Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe third sector infrastructure and representation plays a vital role in supporting frontline organisations, helping to ensure the sustainability and resilience of a thriving sector that can adapt to emerging challenges and opportunities. This service is aimed at
encompasses leadership and representation, partnership and collaboration, capacity building, and volunteering. Together, these elements not only strengthen the sector's foundations but also enable meaningful engagement with the Council, health and care and city partners, ensuring that third sector voices help shape the city's strategic direction.
Infrastructure support specifically targets the development of smaller third sector organisations, those based in disadvantaged wards, and groups that are often excluded or underrepresented. The funding will also promote and enable positive social action, helping to build empowered, inclusive, and thriving local communities. It will support organisations rooted in both place and shared interest to generate social value and drive change from within.
The contract is been awarded for a period of three years at a value of £1,783,145.36, with with an option for the Council to extend up to a maximum period of 36 months in any combination, subject to budget availability.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,566,292
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Service Model: 12.6%
- Leadership and Representation: 12.6%
- Partnership and Collaboration: 12.6%
- Capacity Building: 12.6%
- Volunteering: 12.6%
- Price: 27%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (7)
- Service Model
- Leadership and Representation
- Partnership and Collaboration
- Capacity Building
- Volunteering
- Social Value
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 27 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.7 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 15 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2026, 16:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
75944 (103403)- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056510- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059a22Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submitted through the the council's tender portal: uk.eu-supply.com ↗ (Yortender)
Timeline
15 Sept 2025 → 10 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published15 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification questions by379 days ago7 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline366 days ago20 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent310 days ago15 Dec 2025
- Award decision expected by306 days ago18 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends294 days ago30 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published133 days ago10 Jun 2026, 16:07 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Sept 2025- Tender notice published15 Sept 2025, 12:00 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Jun 2026, 16:07 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDSVCSE1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: The extension provision will be for up to a maximum period of 36 months in any combination, subject to budget availability. | £3,566,291 | 8 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Third Sector Infrastructure Support and Representation · VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDSVCSE
- Signed
- 3 Feb 2026
- Value
- £3,566,291
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The extension provision will be for up to a maximum period of 36 months in any combination, subject to budget availability.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDSAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender documents are available on Yortender after logging in via the platform. You should search for the scheme using reference number 99292
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender