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Political Monitoring

Big Lottery Fund

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

20 Aug 2026 at 14:35

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Tender

23 Mar 2026 at 11:00

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The National Lottery Community Fund procured a UK-wide parliamentary and political monitoring service for its External Affairs team and colleagues across the organisation. The service supports intelligence gathering, monitoring debates and parliamentary or devolved activity, and maintaining current contact information for politicians, civil servants and other external stakeholders. Coverage includes Westminster MPs and Peers, the Scottish Parliament, Senedd Cymru, Northern Ireland Assembly, city and metro mayors, combined authorities and the London Assembly. It also covers UK and devolved government departments and statutory bodies such as the National Audit Office, Office for National Statistics and Charity Commission. Monitoring may extend to National Lottery funding distributors, think tanks and voluntary and charitable sector leaders and organisations. This is a research consultancy service (CPV 73210000), delivered across the United Kingdom.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Vuelio on 31 July 2026. It used a below-threshold open competition, with electronic submission allowed. The single lot had an estimated value of £100,000 excluding VAT (£120,000 including VAT). The awarded contract value is £78,000 excluding VAT (£93,600 including VAT). The active contract runs from 31 July 2026 to 31 July 2028 and may be extended through two further 12-month terms, at the Fund’s discretion, to a maximum end date of 31 July 2030. Evaluation was weighted 80% technical and quality and 20% price. The lot was identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises. Selection requirements were set out in the tender documentation.

This requirement suits suppliers with established political, parliamentary and public affairs monitoring capability across all four UK nations. Credible providers would need to track Westminster and devolved parliamentary activity, government departments, statutory bodies, local and regional government, and relevant policy developments across a broad range of themes. Useful capability includes reliable intelligence gathering, concise monitoring and reporting for day-to-day external affairs work, and maintaining accurate, current stakeholder contact databases. Experience covering MPs, Peers, devolved representatives, mayors, combined authorities, civil servants, public bodies, think tanks and the voluntary and charitable sector would strengthen a competing offer. The award shows demand for a specialist research and consultancy service that can provide broad UK-wide political coverage and support a public-sector organisation with varied funding and policy responsibilities.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Political Monitoring

Notice Description

The Fund is seeking to procure a parliamentary and political monitoring service for its External Affairs team and other colleagues working across the Fund as relevant. The Fund is a UK-wide organisation that delivers funding through five main portfolios: UK-wide, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. With a diverse range of relevant subject areas, monitoring services are integral to the function of the External Affairs team and the Fund as a whole. This service will support team members in gathering intelligence as well as monitoring debates and parliamentary (or devolved equivalent) activity. It will also provide up-to-date contact information for politicians, civil servants and other key external stakeholders. The Fund requires monitoring services to support day-to-day policy and public affairs activity for a wide range of themes that are relevant to the work of the Fund. The above should include all Westminster MPs and Peers, members of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Parliament/Senedd, Northern Ireland Assembly; city and metro mayors and combined authorities (including London Assembly); UK and devolved government departments and statutory bodies (e.g. National Audit Office, National Office of Statistics, Charity Commission). Further organisations and individuals for which monitoring could be useful include other distributors of National Lottery funding; think tanks; voluntary and charitable sector leaders/organisations.

Lot Information

Lot LOT-0000

Renewal: This contract includes 2 extension options which are 12 months each. Extension Option 1 end date: 31/07/2029 Extension Option 2 end date: 31/07/2030 Extensions will be at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06711f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079504-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

73210000 - Research consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£100,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£100,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£78,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Aug 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
20 Apr 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Big Lottery Fund
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B15 1TR
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Vuelio

Further Information

Notice Documents

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