Official UK procurement notice
VCFSE Infrastructure Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSuffolk County Council is committed to supporting a thriving Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector in the county to enable it to continue providing key services for the people of Suffolk. The Council intends to procure an infrastructure support service for the VCFSE sector starting on 1st October 2025. The contract period will be for 3 years (1st October 2025 – 30th September 2028) with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years. The maximum total contract value (including the extension period) is £1,848,000 excluding VAT. The submission deadline is 10th March 2025 at 12noon.Please note this procurement and the subsequent contract will fall under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
CPV: Civic betterment and community facility support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,848,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 90%
- Charges (Finance): 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 90%
- Charges (Finance): 10%
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Feb 2025, 12:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2025, 13:58 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
CD1441- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083399- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dc2aFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Any such action must be brought promptly.)
Publisher note: If the Contracting Authority identifies that the scope of this procurement falls within a business sector which may be attractive to infiltration by organised crime groups, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks/requirements at the award stages of the procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Mar 2025, 12:01 GMT
Timeline
10 Mar 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 · 5 dates- Submission deadline10 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened10 Mar 2025, 12:01 GMT
- Contract starts389 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until388 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published312 days ago16 Dec 2025, 13:58 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete16 Dec 2025, 13:58 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Action Suffolk | £1,848,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
VCFSE Infrastructure Services · Community Action Suffolk
- Signed
- 17 Nov 2025
- Value
- £1,848,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2031
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Community Action SuffolkAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria