Official UK procurement notice
Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure Services
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMarket Engagement Event - Friday 10th January 2025 between 10:00 - 11:30
Suffolk 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 for up to 6 years. The service will cover:
Advice, support & training: Prioritising programmes addressing specific needs such as funding, business governance and safeguarding
Digital adoption: Supporting organisations with tools for fundraising, marketing and AI integration.
Volunteer management: Promotion and support through 'Volunteer Suffolk'.
Resource and funding: Sector-wide audits and alignment with health outcomes
Joint training and workshops: Collaborative learning opportunities between VCSFE and commissioners, with an emphasis on coproduction
Monitoring and evaluation: Support to improve the sector's impact and service delivery.
Annual State of the sector survey and report
Market Engagement Virtual Event: 10th January 2025 10:00 - 11:30
If you would like to attend the virtual market engagement event on 10th January 2025 at 10:00 please email: [email protected]
Prospective bidders are advised that the Council will finalise the scope of the procurement opportunity following the market engagement stage.
The Council reserves the right to amend the scope of services based on this process.
For clarification, any dates provided for the proposed procurement are indicative only, and the Council reserves the right to amend this information following confirmation of the procurement timetable.
Full details, including the procurement structure and associated timetable, will be provided in the corresponding Contract Notice.
This request does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services.
This procurement and the subsequent contract will fall under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
CPV: Administration services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Civic betterment and community facility support services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Dec 2024, 14:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Dec 2024, 14:50 GMT
- Authority reference
CD1441- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040802- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c935Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Dec 2024 → 5 Feb 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published18 Dec 2024, 14:50 GMT
- Tender notice expected5 Feb 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.