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ECO25186 Pride In Place Community Support

Torbay Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

25 Mar 2026 at 15:09

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

05 Feb 2026 at 15:55

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

27 Nov 2025 at 18:31

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Torbay Council, based in Torquay, is spearheading the ECO25186 Pride In Place Community Support procurement process as part of the government’s Pride in Place Programme. The contract, valued at £400,000, falls within the services category, focusing on community, social, and personal services. The procurement method is an open procedure, and the process has reached the award stage. Key dates include the standstill period ending on 7 April 2026, with the contract set to commence on 13 April 2026, extending up to 12 April 2030, with options for renewal up to 2036. This initiative aims to support community groups and develop projects in line with funding profiles, offering significant improvements across the region of UKK42.

This contract presents notable opportunities for business growth in the social services sector, particularly for SMEs and VCSEs, which are encouraged to participate. Community organisations with experience in facilitating group engagement and project development are well-suited to compete for this tender. The Pride in Place funding program, providing substantial investment in local areas, creates opportunities for organisations to contribute to long-term improvements in Torquay's community spaces, positively impacting residents' lives. Interested parties are advised on the importance of meeting quality criteria, social value commitments, and technical standards, ensuring their capability to deliver transformational community services aligned with the program goals.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

ECO25186 Pride In Place Community Support

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.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: Change or alterations of requirements, resulting in additional services required to be carried out.

Renewal: The contract may be extended for a period of up to 6 further year(s), in increments of up to 4+2 years, or until the end of the allocated budget, subject to termination clauses within Terms and Conditions of Contract and as provided for in section 78 Implied right to terminate public contracts of the Procurement Act 2023.

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/027417-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

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
£400,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£400,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
£400,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Mar 20265 months ago
Submission Deadline
2 Mar 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
7 Jan 2026Expired
Award Date
19 Mar 20265 months ago
Contract Period
13 Apr 2026 - 12 Apr 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Torbay Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TORQUAY
Postcode
TQ1 3DR
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Torbay Community Development Trust Ltd

Further Information

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