Planning

ECO25186 Pride In Place Funding

TORBAY COUNCIL

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Planning

27 Nov 2025 at 18:31

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the "ECO25186 Pride In Place Funding" project is being managed by Torbay Council, which is located in Torquay, United Kingdom. This planning stage involves the engagement of a community organisation to support community groups and develop business cases for the Pride in Place funding, with Torquay set to receive nearly £20 million over the next decade. The industry category is community, social, and personal services, and the procurement is above the threshold. Key dates include a deadline for expression of interest submissions by midday on 12th December 2025, and the contract is planned to commence on 9th March 2026.

This tender presents an opportunity for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to engage in a project that aims to substantially impact the local community in Torquay. By participating, these businesses can contribute to developing long-term improvement projects that align with community feedback and the government’s strategic objectives. This procurement seeks organisations adept in community engagement and project development, offering scope for collaborative innovation and growth in contractual relationships with local authorities.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

ECO25186 Pride In Place Funding

Notice Description

The Torquay Place Leadership Board, through Torbay Council as the accountable body, are looking for a community organisation to help support community groups, develop, monitor and evaluate business cases coming forward for Pride in Place funding. The government's Pride in Place Programme (was Plan for Neighbourhoods) will see up to PS5billion given to nearly 250 areas across the UK. Each area will receive up to PS20million of funding and support over the next 10 years to make long-term improvements that residents want. Torquay is to receive just under PS20million of this funding. In the summer of 2025 conversations were had with a significant amount of community groups in how to spend this money over the next decade. This helped produced a vision for how to spend the money and key themes to focus on based of community feedback. The board is looking for an organisation to continue to move these conversations forward and help develop projects into successful applications in line with the spend profile. It is looking for an organisation to help and facilitation to help bring together groups and ideas that will make a real impact in the lives of people in Torquay.

Planning Information

Please complete the EOI template and submit via ProContract by the deadline of midday on Friday 12th December 2025.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05eaa2
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077888-2025
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

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£320,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Nov 20251 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
7 Jan 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
9 Mar 2026 - 8 Mar 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
TORBAY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Chanelle Busby
Contact Email
chanelle.busby@torbay.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
TORQUAY
Postcode
TQ1 3DR
Post Town
Torquay
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK4 Devon
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK42 Torbay
Delivery Location
TLK42 Torbay
Local Authority
Torbay
Electoral Ward
Tormohun
Westminster Constituency
Torbay

Further Information

Notice Documents

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