Planning

C0138 - UKP Evaluation & Learning

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND

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Planning

07 Nov 2025 at 11:30

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The National Lottery Community Fund is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "C0138 - UKP Evaluation & Learning". This process focuses on the services industry category, specifically evaluating consultancy services. The procurement seeks to cover several elements, such as programme level data analysis and impact evaluations across the UK. The contract's value is estimated at £4,000,000, with a gross amount of £4,800,000. The initiative aims to enhance understanding of the impact of grants on relevant missions. Initial engagement is scheduled, with a milestone due on 1st December 2025. This procurement is based on the UK legislation of 2023 and the process is expected to transition into future notices by 2nd February 2026, with contract activities projected to commence on 15th June 2026 in the United Kingdom.

This procurement process presents valuable opportunities for businesses, particularly those with expertise in evaluation consultancy services. Firms with a UK-wide reach and experience in working across various sectors indicated by The National Lottery Community Fund are well-positioned to benefit. Additionally, given the emphasis on co-learning and co-creation, businesses proficient in co-production and facilitation of learning, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), can engage significantly in this project. This tender could foster business growth by providing an extensive platform to influence funding practices and future research priorities while extending the reach and insights of participating firms.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

C0138 - UKP Evaluation & Learning

Notice Description

This is a preliminary market engagement exercise and the contract, procurement route, scope, term and budget are subject to change based on the findings of this exercise. The UK Fund will be seeking a single or consortium of suppliers to cover the following elements: 1) Analysis of programme level monitoring data: The UK Fund team gathers information on all grants through online surveys, grant management discussions and grantholder events. The selected suppliers will be responsible for reviewing and refining this existing monitoring framework, as well as managing future data collection and analysis. This work aims to strengthen the team's and grantholders' understanding of the programme's overall impact, while identifying emerging themes and lessons from individual projects. The resulting insights will inform internal funding practices and shape future research priorities. For instance, if recurring trends are identified in the data, the team may commission additional research to explore these areas in greater depth. 2) Mission level (Communities and CYP) impact evaluations: The suppliers are expected to conduct two impact evaluations to help the Fund to understand the impact of grants on both missions. The work should also identify best practice within the fields, map subject specific evidence gaps, and evaluate how grantholders current work aligns with ongoing developments in the subject areas. A comprehensive impact evaluation of each mission will not only meet the Fund's evidence ambitions but also provide valuable insights to the sector and grantholders about each mission area and the contribution of our funding. 3) Grantholder learning contract: The learning aspect of the contract aims to create a supportive network for grantholders to generate and share real-time insight, problem-solve and learn together, and produce learning outputs that benefit the sector. The learning activities and topics covered should be informed by grantholders. As an example, some themes that might of interest could include: voice, building relationships, agency, community systems, lived experience, systems change, place-based work and cross-country collaboration. The methodology and methods for all the work described above is to be suggested by the supplier. It is expected that both the evaluation and the learning element incorporate co-learning and co-creation with grantholders. Suppliers are expected to have subject matter expertise, and experience of coproduction and facilitation of learning. In addition, the consortium is expected to have UK wide reach and experience of working with all the sectors that our grantholders operate in. The consortium is expected to include representation from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Planning Information

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=99773&B=

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dc97
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071953-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£4,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Nov 20253 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
2 Feb 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
15 Jun 2026 - 17 Jun 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND
Contact Name
Zobair Mehmood
Contact Email
zobair.mehmood@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3454102030

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

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