Official UK procurement notice
Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Support and Development Service
Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire Council (Local council)
To provide support for East Riding based VCS groups to resolve issues involving, governance, management, volunteering, leadership, access to funding and any other issues regarding their ability to continue delivering and building on local services.
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionTo provide support for East Riding based VCS groups to resolve issues involving, governance, management, volunteering, leadership, access to funding and any other issues regarding their ability to continue delivering and building on local services
CPV: Health and social work services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£385,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1The purpose of Lot 1 is to provide support to strengthen VCSE organisations and…RenewalPublished value£240,000
The purpose of Lot 1 is to provide support to strengthen VCSE organisations and community groups, focusing on:
- governance;
- leadership;
- skills and training;
- volunteering;
- funding readiness;
- organisational sustainability; and
- connection, collaboration and sector voice.
Lot #2The purpose of Lot 2 is to provide accessible, transparent & proportionate…RenewalPublished value£70,000
The purpose of Lot 2 is to provide accessible, transparent & proportionate administration of relevant Council funding through the VCSE Prevention & Investment Framework, & to coordinate funding & VCSE activity so that investment is targeted where it is most needed. Lot 2 will: Administer Council grants, inc. applications, agreements, monitoring & evaluation. Coordinate VCSE partnership & consortium funding bids. Secure & align external funding with ERYC investment. Work with Lot 1
Lot #3The purpose of Lot 3 is to independently build an understanding of what the East…Published value£75,000
The purpose of Lot 3 is to independently build an understanding of what the East Riding VCSE sector needs, to assess the sector’s appetite for different forms of collaboration, and to test future partnership models with the sector, during 2027/28. This will be undertaken through independent, participatory engagement, research and analysis.
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Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
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- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected: about £139,633 – ~£478,743 per lot (twice each lot's annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How East Riding of Yorkshire Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
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Half of these awards have an award date within 73 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17% / 24%
2–316% / 34%
4–631% / 24%
7+36% / 18%
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Below estimate22% / 27%
Within ±2%59% / 63%
Above estimate19% / 10%
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Lot #1The purpose of Lot 1 is to provide support to strengthen VCSE organisations and…CPV 85Published estimate£240k
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1 bid24%
2–334%
4–624%
7+18%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| HEY Smile FoundationLive contract | Voluntary and Community Sector Support and Development Serviceruns to Mar 2027 | — | £194k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2The purpose of Lot 2 is to provide accessible, transparent & proportionate…CPV 85Published estimate£70k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid24%
2–334%
4–624%
7+18%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| HEY Smile FoundationLive contract | Voluntary and Community Sector Support and Development Serviceruns to Mar 2027 | — | £194k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #3The purpose of Lot 3 is to independently build an understanding of what the East…CPV 85Published estimate£75k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 2,289 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid24%
2–334%
4–624%
7+18%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| HEY Smile FoundationLive contract | Voluntary and Community Sector Support and Development Serviceruns to Mar 2027 | — | £194k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts, the earlier contracts and past suppliers on a tender's competition panel, the buyer's decision figure and its award against estimate; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
71% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
71% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (71% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Voluntary and Community Sector Support and Development Service — held by HEY Smile Foundation; the published contract ends 31 Mar 2027.
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
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Nov 2026, 17:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2026, 17:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
HC1021- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105941- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b6feFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 4 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Nov 2026, 09:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published3 days ago6 Nov 2026, 17:04 GMT
- Today10 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 16 days27 Nov 2026, 09:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 23 days4 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 43 days23 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 141 days1 Apr 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published6 Nov 2026, 17:04 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender