Notice Information
Notice Title
VCSE Support & Improvement Programme - NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership)
Notice Description
To support citizens and VCSE organisations to deliver the Health and Care Partnership vision to keep people 'happy, healthy and at home'. To do this through taking a data-driven, continuous-learning and asset-based approach to support VCSE organisations who have an active interest, ability, and capability to deliver against our shared ambitions. This should look to provide stability where possible, to promote growth of organisations that deliver opportunities for people to take control of their own health and wellbeing, and to contribute to our partnership's insight and intelligence about the communities we serve.
Procurement Information
The current provider, the Bradford VCS Alliance (VCSA) was established by the local VCSE sector with the explicit purpose of acting as the infrastructure body and strategic partner for health and care in Bradford District and Craven. It plays a unique system role in coordinating VCSE engagement, managing representation across partnership groups, and overseeing delivery of health and care projects by a wider network of local VCSE organisations. There is no viable alternative organisation able to deliver this function in a way that preserves existing alignment, infrastructure, and system trust. Changing provider at this stage would risk destabilising delivery, duplicating effort, and undermining the progress made in embedding the VCSE as a core system partner. The VCSA's model of delivery, coordination, and insight reporting is embedded across our place-based structures. This extension supports: * The development of the VCSE's role in Integrated Neighbourhood Working, aligned to local and national strategic priorities * Ongoing review and transition of Community Partnership structures, forming a core part of current organisational change * Joint planning with local authority commissioners to determine the most appropriate long-term commissioning route * Exploration of potential investment from other system partners, including emerging provider collaboratives * Continued delivery of statutory duties relating to involvement, engagement, and system partnership This waiver represents a time-limited, proportionate and compliant arrangement to maintain stability, enable joint strategic planning, and support system transition. Future commissioning arrangements will be informed by this planning work and will follow the appropriate governance and legal routes, taking account of direct award criteria where applicable.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a829
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066040-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85322000 - Community action programme
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £573,613 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- £573,613 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 18 Oct 2025 - 30 Jun 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WEST YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- wyicb-kirk.procurement@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WAKEFIELD
- Postcode
- WF1 1LT
- Post Town
- Wakefield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE45 Wakefield
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Wakefield
- Electoral Ward
- Wakefield North
- Westminster Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066040-2025
16th October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062443-2025
6th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062248-2025
3rd October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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