Notice Information
Notice Title
C0100 Grant Holder Learning
Notice Description
NB: Contract commenced on 3 November 2025. Due to supplier office re-location, the contract was signed on 12 January 2026. This had no impact on the scope of this contract. The contract will promote a culture of shared learning between all Fund grant holders in Northern Ireland, offering a scheduled programme of support and activities for grant holders to sign up to. It will offer a tiered approach, with availability of different levels of engagement to suit grant holders' specific needs and circumstances. Grant holder focussed research has helped us identify the importance of bringing communities together to learn from each other, including peer learning, coaching, mentoring, and communities of practice as well as supporting them to share their learning and impact with a wider audience. The contract aims to be creative, exploring new ways to facilitate learning and connect grant holders. Grant holders will be given opportunities to engage with each other related to where they are located and with regards to themes related to specific learning. It will not focus on traditional classroom learning or training but focus on developing skills and knowledge through connection with others. It will also provide opportunities to share this learning with each other, communities, the wider sector and policy makers. This contract will be for the clear benefit of participating grant holders, however, learning from the contract should feed into a wider system of sharing information and evidence across the Evidence and Impact function and the Fund more widely. There will be three main aims of the learning contract, under which we expect the delivery partner(s) to define specific activities. It may be that some activities could meet more than one of these aims: 1) Engage - facilitate networks and collaboration, promoting a culture of shared learning between grant holders; 2) Enable - build grant holders' skills, knowledge, and expertise through connecting with other grant holders; and 3) Empower - support grant holders with the skills to share their learning and creating opportunities for them to do this and amplify their reach.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0000
Renewal: Optional two x 12 month extension periods.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0593fb
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004815-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,190,237 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,190,237 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 12 Jan 2026 - 2 Nov 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B15 1TR
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Edgbaston
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004815-2026
20th January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065712-2025
15th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053862-2025
4th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-0593fb-2026-01-20T13:09:48Z",
"date": "2026-01-20T13:09:48Z",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-0593fb",
"initiationType": "tender",
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-PPON-PNLV-9975-CQQW",
"name": "The National Lottery Community Fund",
"identifier": {
"scheme": "GB-PPON",
"id": "PNLV-9975-CQQW"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Apex House, 3 Embassy Drive",
"locality": "Birmingham",
"postalCode": "B15 1TR",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKG31"
},
"contactPoint": {
"email": "procurement@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
],
"details": {
"url": "https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk",
"classifications": [
{
"id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
"scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
"description": "Public authority - sub-central government"
},
{
"id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment",
"scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
"description": "Public authority - central government"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "GB-COH-BR015172",
"name": "CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICES",
"identifier": {
"scheme": "GB-COH",
"id": "BR015172"
},
"additionalIdentifiers": [
{
"scheme": "GB-PPON",
"id": "PLHJ-8114-PXCV"
}
],
"address": {
"streetAddress": "41 Arthur Street",
"locality": "Belfast",
"postalCode": "BT1 4GB",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKN06"
},
"contactPoint": {
"email": "office@effectiveservices.org"
},
"roles": [
"supplier"
],
"details": {
"url": "https://www.effectiveservices.org",
"scale": "large",
"vcse": true,
"publicServiceMissionOrganization": false,
"shelteredWorkshop": false
}
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-PPON-PNLV-9975-CQQW",
"name": "The National Lottery Community Fund"
},
"planning": {
"noEngagementNoticeRationale": "Not required."
},
"tender": {
"id": "C0100",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "2023/54",
"scheme": "UKPGA",
"uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
},
"title": "C0100 Grant Holder Learning",
"description": "NB: Contract commenced on 3 November 2025. Due to supplier office re-location, the contract was signed on 12 January 2026. This had no impact on the scope of this contract. The contract will promote a culture of shared learning between all Fund grant holders in Northern Ireland, offering a scheduled programme of support and activities for grant holders to sign up to. It will offer a tiered approach, with availability of different levels of engagement to suit grant holders' specific needs and circumstances. Grant holder focussed research has helped us identify the importance of bringing communities together to learn from each other, including peer learning, coaching, mentoring, and communities of practice as well as supporting them to share their learning and impact with a wider audience. The contract aims to be creative, exploring new ways to facilitate learning and connect grant holders. Grant holders will be given opportunities to engage with each other related to where they are located and with regards to themes related to specific learning. It will not focus on traditional classroom learning or training but focus on developing skills and knowledge through connection with others. It will also provide opportunities to share this learning with each other, communities, the wider sector and policy makers. This contract will be for the clear benefit of participating grant holders, however, learning from the contract should feed into a wider system of sharing information and evidence across the Evidence and Impact function and the Fund more widely. There will be three main aims of the learning contract, under which we expect the delivery partner(s) to define specific activities. It may be that some activities could meet more than one of these aims: 1) Engage - facilitate networks and collaboration, promoting a culture of shared learning between grant holders; 2) Enable - build grant holders' skills, knowledge, and expertise through connecting with other grant holders; and 3) Empower - support grant holders with the skills to share their learning and creating opportunities for them to do this and amplify their reach.",
"status": "complete",
"items": [
{
"id": "LOT-0000",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "73200000",
"description": "Research and development consultancy services"
},
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "80000000",
"description": "Education and training services"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UK",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
}
],
"relatedLot": "LOT-0000"
}
],
"value": {
"amountGross": 1440000,
"amount": 1200000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"procurementMethod": "open",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"aboveThreshold": true,
"coveredBy": [
"GPA"
],
"submissionMethodDetails": "https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97678&B=",
"submissionTerms": {
"electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed",
"languages": [
"en"
]
},
"tenderPeriod": {
"endDate": "2025-09-29T22:59:00+00:00"
},
"enquiryPeriod": {
"endDate": "2025-09-18T11:00:00+00:00"
},
"awardPeriod": {
"endDate": "2025-10-20T23:59:59Z"
},
"lots": [
{
"id": "LOT-0000",
"status": "complete",
"value": {
"amountGross": 1440000,
"amount": 1200000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"awardCriteria": {
"weightingDescription": "Refer to the tender pack for further information.",
"criteria": [
{
"type": "quality",
"name": "Technical",
"description": "85% weighting out of 100%. Refer to the tender pack for further information."
},
{
"type": "price",
"name": "Commerical",
"description": "15% weighting out of 100%. Refer to the tender pack for further information."
}
]
},
"selectionCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"type": "economic",
"description": "Refer to the tender pack for further information."
},
{
"type": "technical",
"description": "Refer to the tender pack for further information."
}
]
},
"suitability": {
"sme": true,
"vcse": true
},
"contractPeriod": {
"startDate": "2025-11-03T00:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2028-10-31T23:59:59Z",
"maxExtentDate": "2030-10-31T23:59:59Z"
},
"hasRenewal": true,
"renewal": {
"description": "Optional two x 12 month extension periods."
}
}
],
"documents": [
{
"id": "conflictOfInterest",
"documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
"description": "Not published"
},
{
"id": "053862-2025",
"documentType": "tenderNotice",
"noticeType": "UK4",
"description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053862-2025",
"datePublished": "2025-09-04T12:00:32+01:00",
"format": "text/html"
}
]
},
"language": "en",
"bids": {
"statistics": [
{
"id": "1",
"measure": "bids",
"value": 2,
"relatedLot": "LOT-0000"
},
{
"id": "2",
"measure": "finalStageBids",
"value": 2,
"relatedLot": "LOT-0000"
},
{
"id": "3",
"measure": "smeFinalStageBids",
"value": 0,
"relatedLot": "LOT-0000"
},
{
"id": "4",
"measure": "vcseFinalStageBids",
"value": 2,
"relatedLot": "LOT-0000"
}
]
},
"awards": [
{
"id": "1",
"title": "C0100 Grant Holder Learning",
"status": "active",
"date": "2025-10-15T00:00:00+01:00",
"value": {
"amountGross": 1428285,
"amount": 1190237.5,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"aboveThreshold": true,
"suppliers": [
{
"id": "GB-COH-BR015172",
"name": "CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICES"
}
],
"items": [
{
"id": "LOT-0000",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "73200000",
"description": "Research and development consultancy services"
},
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "80000000",
"description": "Education and training services"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UK",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
{
"region": "UK",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
}
],
"relatedLot": "LOT-0000"
}
],
"standstillPeriod": {
"endDate": "2025-10-24T23:59:59+01:00"
},
"contractPeriod": {
"startDate": "2025-11-03T00:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2028-11-02T23:59:59Z",
"maxExtentDate": "2030-11-02T23:59:59Z"
},
"hasRenewal": true,
"renewal": {
"description": "Optional two x 12 month extension periods. Each extension period is valued up to PS250,000.00 (excluding VAT)."
},
"relatedLots": [
"LOT-0000"
],
"documents": [
{
"id": "065712-2025",
"documentType": "awardNotice",
"noticeType": "UK6",
"description": "Contract award notice on Find a Tender",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065712-2025",
"datePublished": "2025-10-15T16:52:21+01:00",
"format": "text/html"
}
],
"assessmentSummariesDateSent": "2025-10-15T00:00:00+01:00",
"milestones": [
{
"id": "1",
"type": "futureSignatureDate",
"dueDate": "2025-10-27T23:59:59Z",
"status": "scheduled"
}
]
}
],
"contracts": [
{
"id": "1",
"awardID": "1",
"title": "C0100 Grant Holder Learning",
"status": "active",
"period": {
"startDate": "2026-01-12T00:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2028-11-02T23:59:59Z",
"maxExtentDate": "2030-11-02T23:59:59Z"
},
"hasRenewal": true,
"renewal": {
"description": "Optional two x 12 month extension periods. Each extension period is valued up to PS250,000.00 (excluding VAT)."
},
"value": {
"amountGross": 1428285,
"amount": 1190237.5,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"aboveThreshold": true,
"dateSigned": "2026-01-12T00:00:00Z",
"noAgreedMetricsRationale": "Not applicable.",
"documents": [
{
"id": "004815-2026",
"documentType": "contractNotice",
"noticeType": "UK7",
"description": "Contract details notice on Find a Tender",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004815-2026",
"datePublished": "2026-01-20T13:09:48Z",
"format": "text/html"
}
]
}
]
}