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UKP ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Big Lottery Fund

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

28 Sep 2026 at 14:52

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

10 Jul 2026 at 11:13

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

25 Mar 2026 at 21:00

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The National Lottery Community Fund commissioned organisational development support for organisations funded through its UK Fund, covering Connected Communities and Youth Voice. The work is to help grant recipients assess how effectively their organisations operate, identify areas for development, and access training, advice and support to improve effectiveness. The supplier proposes the methodology, with co-learning and co-creation with grant recipients expected. The programme supports established, proven initiatives to scale and seeks long-term systems change, combining service delivery with wider transformation. Its themes include voice, relationships, agency, community systems and lived experience, with a focus on communities facing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. This is consultancy and organisational development work (CPV 79419000), delivered across the United Kingdom rather than in a specified locality.

The procurement was run as an open procedure and is complete. One contract was awarded to The Young Foundation on 10 July 2026. The awarded value is £793,650 excluding VAT (£952,380 including VAT). The contract was signed on 28 September 2026 and runs from 28 September 2026 to 27 September 2029, with an option to extend by up to two years, to 27 September 2031. The original tender deadline was 1 May 2026, with enquiries due by 15 April 2026. There was one lot, marked as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises. Evaluation weighted technical quality at 90% and commercial price at 10%. Eight bids were received, all from SMEs; five were from voluntary, community or social enterprises.

The award shows demand for a supplier able to combine organisational assessment with practical development support for grant-funded organisations. A credible competitor would need to diagnose organisational effectiveness, identify tailored development priorities, and deliver or arrange training, advice and support that helps organisations improve. The approach must be suitable for co-learning and co-creation with grant recipients, rather than relying only on a prescribed methodology, since the supplier was expected to propose the methods. Relevant experience would include working with established programmes seeking to scale, supporting organisations addressing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination, and linking service delivery with longer-term systems change. The work spans the UK and covers both community-focused and youth voice themes, so suppliers need the capacity to work across different contexts and organisations. The successful supplier was an SME, and the competition included SME and voluntary-sector bidders.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

UKP ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Notice Description

The UK Portfolio is seeking a single supplier or a consortium of suppliers to: - support funded organisations to assess their organisation effectiveness - support funded organisations to identify development areas - provide training/support/advice to enable organisations to develop their effectiveness in the identified areas The UK Fund is a funding programme that covers two distinct thematic areas: - Connected Communities - Youth Voice The first awards were granted in February 2024, focusing on Connected Communities, and in 2025 the funding expanded to Youth Voice. The key themes that run across the different thematic areas are voice, relationship building, agency, community systems and lived experience. UK Fund has adopted a funding approach that spans across and between countries, rather than being geographically restricted, and focuses on supporting well-established programmes that demonstrate proven impact, enabling them to scale and expand further. The funding also prioritises equity - targeting only communities facing poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination. Another distinguishing factor about the UK Fund is its emphasis on long-term systems change, requiring projects to include a mix of service delivery and systemic transformation in their plans. The methodology and methods for all the work described above is to be suggested by the supplier. It is expected that this will incorporate co-learning and co-creation with grantholders.

Lot Information

Lot LOT-0000

Renewal: The total value of the contract is PS960,000 including VAT of which the extension period is up to the value of PS355,200.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-067466
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091500-2026
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
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

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
£800,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£800,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
£793,650 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
£793,650 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
1 May 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
28 Sep 2026 - 27 Sep 2029 3-4 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

The Young Foundation

Further Information

Notice Documents

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