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Official procurement procedure
Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure Support Service
Administration
defence and social security services
Education and training services
+3 more
Location not published
Published value
£520,000
Submission deadline 2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Reading Borough Council: "Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure Support Service". Published status: active. Published value: £520,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Reading Borough Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £520,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Reading Borough Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Reading Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
11.5Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
N-VIRO LIMITEDTop vendor: 61.3% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 27 active published awards; 33 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| N-VIRO LIMITED | 1 win | £8,636,031 |
| O'HARA BROS. SURFACING LIMITED | 1 win | £1,789,273 |
| ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | 1 win | £730,000 |
| RISK MANAGEMENT PARTNERS LTD. | 1 win | £450,000 |
| CITIZENS ADVICE READING | 1 win | £400,000 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityReading Borough Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusactive | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published20 Oct 2025, 16:38 BST | Last source update20 Oct 2025, 16:38 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationAdministration, defence and social security services, Education and training services, Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a9e5 | ||
What is being bought
Reading Borough Council are completing an ITT exercise for the provision of Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure Support Service to build capacity, sustainability, representation, and the effectiveness of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Reading.
Suppliers that would like to take part in this process are invited to "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full documentation delivered through this portal. Documents can be accessed from the "My Tenders" area of this website by selecting the "View Details" button for the project.
Any questions relating to this opportunity should be made via the correspondence link on this portal.
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £520,000
20 Oct 2025, 16:38 BST - Status changed to active
20 Oct 2025, 16:38 BST - Official notice release published
20 Oct 2025, 16:38 BST - Submission deadline changed to 2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
20 Oct 2025, 16:38 BST - tender value changed
7 Oct 2025, 16:26 BST - Status changed to planned
7 Oct 2025, 16:26 BST - Official notice release published
7 Oct 2025, 16:26 BST - Buyer information updated
7 Oct 2025, 16:26 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedactivePublished valueAED 520,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
20 Oct 2025, 16:38 BST - Submission deadline
2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Reading Borough Council
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PWBJ-9435-VXQQDocuments (3)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 20 Oct 2025, 16:38 BST
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