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Official UK procurement notice

VCSE Support & Improvement Programme - NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership)

Authority: NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£573,613published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Bradford VCS Alliance Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To support citizens and VCSE organisations to deliver the Health and Care Partnership vision to keep people 'happy, healthy and at home'.

To do this through taking a data-driven, continuous-learning and asset-based approach to support VCSE organisations who have an active interest, ability, and capability to deliver against our shared ambitions.

This should look to provide stability where possible, to promote growth of organisations that deliver opportunities for people to take control of their own health and wellbeing, and to contribute to our partnership's insight and intelligence about the communities we serve.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber
85322000 Community action programme

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award — no call for competition
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Jul 2026, 13:17 BST
Last source update
22 Jul 2026, 13:17 BST
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a829
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification
The current provider, the Bradford VCS Alliance (VCSA) was established by the local VCSE sector with the explicit purpose of acting as the infrastructure body and strategic partner for health and care in Bradford District and Craven. It plays a unique system role in coordinating VCSE engagement, managing representation across partnership groups, and overseeing delivery of health and care projects by a wider network more…of local VCSE organisations. There is no viable alternative organisation able to deliver this function in a way that preserves existing alignment, infrastructure, and system trust. Changing provider at this stage would risk destabilising delivery, duplicating effort, and undermining the progress made in embedding the VCSE as a core system partner. The VCSA's model of delivery, coordination, and insight reporting is embedded across our place-based structures. This extension supports: • The development of the VCSE's role in Integrated Neighbourhood Working, aligned to local and national strategic priorities • Ongoing review and transition of Community Partnership structures, forming a core part of current organisational change • Joint planning with local authority commissioners to determine the most appropriate long-term commissioning route • Exploration of potential investment from other system partners, including emerging provider collaboratives • Continued delivery of statutory duties relating to involvement, engagement, and system partnership This waiver represents a time-limited, proportionate and compliant arrangement to maintain stability, enable joint strategic planning, and support system transition. Future commissioning arrangements will be informed by this planning work and will follow the appropriate governance and legal routes, taking account of direct award criteria where applicable.

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Standstill ends346 days ago
    15 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published66 days ago
    22 Jul 2026, 13:17 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £573,6131 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Bradford VCS Alliance LtdSMEVCSE19 Oct 2025 — 30 Jun 2026£573,61326 Sept 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Bradford VCS Alliance LtdSMEVCSE

    Signed
    16 Oct 2025
    Value
    £573,613
    Period
    19 Oct 2025 — 30 Jun 2026
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    £573,613
    Termination
    contractCompleted

    No agreed KPIs: The estimated value of the contract is below the £5 million threshold set out in Section 52 of the Procurement Act 2023.

Notice history

8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Oct 2025
  1. Contract termination notice published
    22 Jul 2026, 13:17 BSTUK11
  2. Status changed
    22 Jul 2026, 13:17 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    22 Jul 2026, 13:17 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    22 Jul 2026, 13:17 BST
  5. Contract signature expected
    17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  6. Contract details notice published
    16 Oct 2025, 16:16 BSTUK7
  7. Contract award notice published
    6 Oct 2025, 11:30 BSTUK6
  8. Transparency notice published
    3 Oct 2025, 15:34 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-10: 1 release · 3 Oct 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS WEST YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: QWO · GB-PPON: PMTJ-1118-QVJH White Rose House, West Parade, Wakefield, Yorkshire & Humber, WF1 1LT [email protected]

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

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