Official UK procurement notice
VCSE Infrastructure Support · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North East (UKC22)
Published estimate£752,433≈ £251k / year · £752,433 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 20 Mar 2026awarded 22 Jun 2026
Award (standstill) to Connected Voice, Volunteering Matters2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jul 2029 · starts 1 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is procuring two separate over threshold contracts.
1.VCSE Infrastructure Support;
2.Volunteer Support Services.
These will be run as separate competitions.
Opportunity 1
VCSE Infrastructure Support
Value: £512,499 (36 months)
Opportunity 2
Volunteer Support Services
Value: £239,934 (36 months)
Each one has:-
- its own specification
- its own evaluation
- its own pricing schedule
- its own contract
- its own award notice
Total value (estimated)
£752,433 excluding VAT
£752,433 including VAT
CPV: Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£752,433
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
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Service Delivery: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Service Delivery
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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Feb 2026, 12:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Jun 2026, 15:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 May 2026
- Authority reference
VCSE Infrastructure Support- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-015743- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065937Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: OPEN-UK
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
20 Feb 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published247 days ago20 Feb 2026, 12:41 GMT
- Tender notice published247 days ago20 Feb 2026, 14:43 GMT
- Clarification questions by223 days ago16 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline219 days ago20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by165 days ago13 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent126 days ago22 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published125 days ago22 Jun 2026, 15:46 BST
- Standstill ends115 days ago2 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts86 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Feb 2026, 12:41 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published20 Feb 2026, 14:43 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £752,43320 Feb 2026, 14:43 GMT
- Status changed to active20 Feb 2026, 14:43 GMT
- Procurement method changed20 Feb 2026, 14:43 GMT
- Deadline published: 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT20 Feb 2026, 14:43 GMT
- Contract award notice published22 Jun 2026, 15:46 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Jun 2026, 15:46 BST
- Contract signature expected14 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £752,4331 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 55 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connected VoiceVCSE, Volunteering MattersSMEjoint award1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 | £752,433 | 22 Jun 2026standstill to 2 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
| Connected VoiceVCSE, Volunteering MattersSMEjoint award1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 | £752,433 inc. VATsame award published again · counted once | 22 Jun 2026standstill to 2 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 5 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- CONNECTED VOICEAwarded supplier
- VOLUNTEERING MATTERSAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender