Official UK procurement notice
VCSE Prevention and Infrastructure Development 2027/28
Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Riding of Yorkshire Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement in relation to a proposed one-year VCSE Prevention plus 6 month extension and Infrastructure Development Contract commencing on 1 April 2027.
The proposed arrangements will maintain continuity of essential VCSE support while enabling the Council and the sector to develop and test longer-term approaches to collaborative working, prevention and investment across the East Riding.
The Council is currently considering a coordinated service with three connected requirements:
Prevention and resilience grant administration:
Administering relevant funding under the proposed VCSE Prevention and Investment Framework. The delivery of resilience and community coordination activity for residents, alongside grant decision-making process, grant payments, due diligence checks, performance monitoring, reporting and gathering intelligence.
VCSE infrastructure and organisational development:
Support offer for VCSE organisations, organisational development, governance support, volunteering, leadership and training, funding advice, and strategic sector representation.
Independent VCSE Participatory Research:
An independent piece of work focused on listening to and understanding the sector and working with it to shape what a future East Riding VCSE model could look like from April 2028 onwards.
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A separately funded Inclusion Health function is also currently delivered through the existing contract. The Council is seeking views on whether this should sit alongside the infrastructure requirement or be separately priced as an additional requirement.
The Council is seeking views on the proposed scope, deliverability, market capacity, indicative costs and procurement structure, including the appropriate separation and boundaries between the requirements.
The Council also wishes to understand how smaller, specialist and locality-based VCSE organisations could participate meaningfully in delivery and governance, and how the proposed arrangement could reflect the geographical size and diversity of the East Riding.
The one-year arrangements are intended to maintain continuity while informing the Council’s longer-term commissioning approach. Participation in the engagement process or appointment to any transitional requirement will not guarantee the award of future contracts.
The proposed scope, budget, contract value, procurement structure and timetable remain indicative and may change following preliminary market engagement and the Council’s internal financial, legal, procurement and governance approvals. This notice does not constitute a call for competition or a commitment by the Council to proceed with the procurement.
CPV: Project-management services other than for construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07795a
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today24 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
- Market engagementin 25 days20 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
The Council is inviting voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, potential suppliers, partnerships, consortia and other interested parties to participate in preliminary market engagement for the proposed one-year VCSE transitional arrangements. The purpose of this engagement is to more…
seek views on the proposed service scope, deliverability, market capacity, indicative costs and procurement structure before the Council finalises its commissioning approach. Engagement will be undertaken through an online questionnaire and an in-person market engagement event. 1. Market engagement questionnaire: Interested organisations are invited to complete a questionnaire by 19th October 2026 The questionnaire will seek views on: VCSE infrastructure, support and development; grant and Crisis and Resilience Fund administration; independent VCSE partnership development; Inclusion Health; deliverability and market capacity; indicative costs and value for money; potential lotting and contract structures; partnership and consortium working; conflicts of interest and independence; involvement of smaller, specialist and locality-based organisations; Organisations may respond individually or provide a coordinated response on behalf of an existing partnership or network. Respondents should identify where a response represents the collective views of more than one organisation. Please request and complete questionnaires by emailing and returning to Planning and Procurement at: [email protected] 2. In-person market engagement event: The Council intends to hold an in-person engagement event on: Date: Thursday 15th October 2026 Time: 1pm to 3pm Location: East Riding of Yorkshire Council, The Hexagon Music Centre, Beverley, HU17 9LP The event will provide an overview of the Council’s emerging requirements and an opportunity to discuss: continuity of VCSE infrastructure support; grant and Crisis and Resilience Fund administration; independent development of the future VCSE partnership model; Inclusion Health; potential contract and partnership structures; market capacity and indicative costs; involvement of smaller, specialist and locality-based organisations; governance, accountability and conflicts of interest; and considerations for longer-term commissioning. Registrations should be emailed to Planning and Procurement at: [email protected] Participation in either element is welcomed. Organisations do not need to attend the event to complete the questionnaire. - Tender notice expectedin 109 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 188 days1 Apr 2027, 01:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Sept 2026, 11:34 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender