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Young Futures Hubs and Transformation programme: Delivery partner

Buyer: Department for Culture, Media and Sport →

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BuyerDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport
StatusClosed
Deadline4 Aug 2026
Value£7,600,000
Published9 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is intending to procure a delivery partner for the Young Futures Hubs and Transformation programme, to provide support to Local Authorities (LAs) to deliver Young Futures Hubs (YF Hubs) and Local Youth Transformation projects, and to establish a national centre for Young Futures Hubs and transformation, producing guidance, best practices and training to share learning with Local Authorities not participating on the programme.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Research and development services and related consultancy services 73000000Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 79000000Education and training services 80000000Youth education services 80310000Health and social work services 85000000Social work and related services 85300000Other community, social and personal services 98000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£7,600,000
Contract periodFrom 18 Sept 2026 to 17 Sept 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical Submission — Technical Submission: Question 2A: Project overview Question 2B: Project overview - optional extensions Question 3: Project management and delivery: Question 4: Skills, expertise and capacity Question 5: Understanding of the sector Question 6: Client Management (70%)
Social Value — The Social Value Outcome selected by DCMS based on The Social Value Model. The Policy Outcome under this theme for this contract is: 8. Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: in the supply chain and communities in the relevant area. 8a. Support health and wellbeing in the contract workforce, including physical and mental health Please describe the commitment your organisation will make to ensure that opportunities under the contract deliver the Policy Outcome and Award Criteria. (10%)
Pricing — Part 4 is weighted, with a total weighting of 20% for this section. Please complete the template provided (Appendix B Pricing Schedule) and ensure all relevant sections are completed. (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Research and development services and related consultancy services, Other community, social and personal services, Youth education services, Social work and related services, Health and social work services, Education and training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 733,0453 median · 26.7 average (1,087 of 3,045 with a bid count)2.5 average (1,228 of 3,045 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,3172 median · 45.3 average (458 of 1,317 with a bid count)3 average (528 of 1,317 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)121Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068977
Latest release ID064903-2026
Latest release timestampThu Jul 09 2026 15:44:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064903-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-04T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-23T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-17T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsThe information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on the Atamis e-sourcing portal: https://dcms.my.site.com/login. You must register on this site to respond. If you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage. Please ensure you review all communications and follow any instructions provided to you. If you experience any technical difficulties please contact the Atamis eSourcing Helpdesk at: Support@atamis.co.uk.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£7,600,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Jul 2026tender064903-2026
24 Apr 2026planningUpdate037746-2026
23 Apr 2026planning037016-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
9 Jul 2026 · 064903-2026 · tender
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24 Apr 2026 · 037746-2026 · planningUpdate
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23 Apr 2026 · 037016-2026 · planning
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