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VCSE Support & Improvement Programme - NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership)

NHS WEST YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

ContractTermination

22 Jul 2026 at 13:17

UK11 - Contract Termination Notice
Award

16 Oct 2025 at 16:16

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
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06 Oct 2025 at 11:30

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

03 Oct 2025 at 15:34

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board commissioned a community action programme for the Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership. The service supports the partnership’s aim of keeping people happy, healthy and at home through a data-driven, continuous-learning and asset-based approach. It supports voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations with active interest, ability and capability to deliver shared health and wellbeing ambitions. The work includes providing stability and promoting organisational growth, helping people take greater control of their health and wellbeing, and contributing community insight and intelligence to health and care planning. Delivery is focused on Bradford District and Craven, within the West Yorkshire health and care system. The requirement is for VCSE infrastructure, coordination, engagement and strategic partnership services.

The procurement is complete and was made by direct award to Bradford VCS Alliance Limited. The award was dated 26 September 2025, with a gross value of £573,613.17 including any applicable taxes. The contract was signed on 16 October 2025 and covered 19 October 2025 to 30 June 2026. The buyer justified the direct award on the supplier’s established role as the Bradford VCSE sector’s infrastructure body and strategic health and care partner, with existing coordination, representation, delivery oversight and system trust. The contract was above the relevant threshold and was evaluated through the direct-award route, relying on technical reasons associated with a single supplier. The contract was terminated on 22 July 2026 because it had completed; its final value was £573,613.17.

This requirement indicates demand for a VCSE infrastructure partner able to work across a local health and care system rather than deliver a standalone project. A credible future competitor would need established relationships with voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, health bodies and local authorities in Bradford District and Craven, together with the trust to coordinate representation across partnership groups. Relevant capability includes supporting integrated neighbourhood working, managing community partnership structures, overseeing projects delivered through wider VCSE networks, and producing useful insight and intelligence from community activity. Suppliers would also need experience of statutory involvement and engagement duties, joint strategic planning, organisational development and transition work. The buyer’s stated rationale shows that continuity, embedded local infrastructure, partnership alignment and the ability to coordinate multiple organisations are central commercial requirements.

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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/069163-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK11 - Contract Termination 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
22 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
26 Sep 202511 months ago
Contract Period
19 Oct 2025 - 30 Jun 2026 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Terminated

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS WEST YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WAKEFIELD
Postcode
WF1 1LT
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

BRADFORD VCS ALLIANCE LIMITED

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