Official UK procurement notice
Women’s Support Services for York and North Yorkshire
Authority: York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (Local council)
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What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionYork and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) Policing, Fire and Crime (PFC) Directorate is seeking to award a Contact for the provision of Women’s Support Services for York and North Yorkshire, including as a minimum:
- The management of two Women’s Centres (located in York and Scarborough)
- A women’s criminal justice diversion scheme
- Targeted outreach support for women in rural and isolated areas of the County
- Targeted outreach provision for girls and young women aged 10-25 who may be at risk of exploitation, violence or at risk of committing anti-social behaviour or crime (year one only)
- The continuation of the Women’s Whole System Approach in York and North Yorkshire
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,529,834
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 5 Jun 2025, 16:28 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2026, 12:02 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
2425-0068- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-079017- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0543e7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Jan 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Dec 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All Tenders must be submitted through the Contracting Authority's e-tendering portal, sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictender-de… ↗ For the avoidance of doubt, submissions made by any other method will not be accepted.
Timeline
5 Jun 2025 → 3 May 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published5 Jun 2025, 16:28 BST
- Market engagement26 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
The York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority (Policing, Fire & Crime) will be issuing an invitation to tender for the provision of Women’s Support Services for York and North Yorkshire later this year.
The purpose of this pre-market engagement is to inform the market of this forthcoming tender opportunity, to invite responses to a short questionnaire, and allow interested parties to ask any questions of the Authority that will assist in their understanding and preparation.
A presentation and supplementary questionnaire document can be found on the Bluelight E-procurement portal sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home ↗, searching for the opportunity titled "Pre-Market Engagement - Women’s Support Services for York & North Yorkshire".
Completed questionnaires should be submitted via the same E-procurement portal. The deadline for submission of responses is 3pm Wednesday 25th June 2025.
Any issues can be reported to [email protected].
- Next notice expected30 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published326 days ago2 Dec 2025, 15:24 GMT
- Clarification questions by310 days ago18 Dec 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline284 days ago13 Jan 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent258 days ago9 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends247 days ago19 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by239 days ago27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published221 days ago18 Mar 2026, 12:02 GMT
- Contract starts175 days ago3 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Jun 2025, 16:28 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published2 Dec 2025, 15:24 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,529,8342 Dec 2025, 15:24 GMTwas £852,000
- Status changed to active2 Dec 2025, 15:24 GMT
- Procurement method changed2 Dec 2025, 15:24 GMT
- Deadline published: 13 Jan 2026, 14:00 GMT2 Dec 2025, 15:24 GMT
- Tender notice published2 Dec 2025, 15:33 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Feb 2026, 09:55 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Feb 2026, 09:55 GMT
- Contract signature expected23 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published18 Mar 2026, 12:02 GMTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Link to e-tendering portal corrected
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-12: 1 release · 2 Dec 2025
- 2025-06: 1 release · 5 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Giles TrustSME3 May 2026 – 2 May 2028 · up to 2 May 2030Extensions: 2 x 12 month extension options. Contract value stated is maximum value only if all extension options taken | £1,529,834 | 3 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · St Giles TrustSME
- Signed
- 11 Mar 2026
- Value
- £1,529,834
- Period
- 3 May 2026 – 2 May 2028 · up to 2 May 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 month extension options. Contract value stated is maximum value only if all extension options taken
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 0 | 2 | — |
Who bid
- did not winPhoenix House (T/A Phoenix Futures)VCSE · Greater London
- wonSt Giles TrustVCSE · Greater London
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- Phoenix House (T/A Phoenix Futures)Bidder / tenderer
- St Giles TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (17)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender