Official UK procurement notice
Youth Mentoring and Diversion Programme
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is inviting tenders for the delivery of a Youth Mentoring and Diversion Programme aimed at preventing and reducing serious violence.
We are seeking an experienced provider to deliver weekly, face-to-face mentoring and diversionary activities for young people aged 13–18 who are involved in, or at risk of, serious violence, across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The programme will offer trauma-informed, non-discriminatory support, working in partnership with youth justice, diversion and wider statutory services.
Providers must be able to offer match funding on a 50:50 basis and demonstrate strong safeguarding, outcome monitoring and local partnership working.
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CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services · Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Youth education services
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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: Social Value Quality 5% Social Value Price 5%
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. 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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Mar 2026, 13:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 May 2026, 14:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
7F-2026-C002- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-043035- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066b08Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 29 May 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 Mar 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published220 days ago16 Mar 2026, 13:27 GMT
- Market engagement205 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
Request for Information issued 16/03/2026
- Tender notice published164 days ago11 May 2026, 14:12 BST
- Clarification questions by146 days ago29 May 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline139 days ago5 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Award decision expected by107 days ago6 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts21 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Mar 2026, 13:27 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published11 May 2026, 14:12 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £213,60011 May 2026, 14:12 BSTwas £57,000
- Status changed to active11 May 2026, 14:12 BST
- Procurement method changed11 May 2026, 14:12 BST
- Deadline published: 5 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST11 May 2026, 14:12 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender