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Young Futures Hubs and Transformation programme: Delivery partner

DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

09 Sep 2026 at 15:29

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

09 Jul 2026 at 16:44

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

24 Apr 2026 at 16:27

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

23 Apr 2026 at 12:03

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport procured a national delivery partner for the Young Futures Hubs and Transformation programme. The service supports local authorities delivering Young Futures Hubs and local youth transformation projects, and establishes a national centre for guidance, best practice, training and shared learning for authorities outside the programme. It covers consultancy, research, education and training, youth, health and social work services. Delivery is across the United Kingdom, with work involving local authorities and communities in participating areas. The buyer is a central government department. The requirement is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. It combines programme delivery, sector support, knowledge management and operational administration rather than a single site-based service.

The procurement is complete and the award is pending finalisation following selection of The National Youth Agency as the supplier. Three valid bids were received, including one from an SME and one from a voluntary, community or social enterprise. It used an open competitive flexible procedure. Evaluation weighted the technical submission at 70%, social value at 10% and pricing at 20%. The awarded value is £7.6 million excluding VAT (£9.1 million including VAT). The award date is 9 September 2026, with the standstill period ending on 18 September 2026. The contract is due to run from 19 September 2026 to 31 August 2027, with optional extensions to a maximum end date of 31 March 2030. Options could increase delivery to additional local authorities or provide up to two full-time equivalent secondees to the department.

This award shows demand for organisations able to combine national programme management with practical support to local authorities delivering youth transformation work. A credible competitor would need strong understanding of the youth, community, education, health and social care sectors, together with experience of designing and delivering programmes across multiple local areas. The evaluation places greatest emphasis on the technical offer, so evidence of project management, delivery models, relevant skills, expertise, capacity, sector knowledge and client management would be central. The requirement also rewards measurable social value, particularly support for physical and mental wellbeing in the contract workforce, supply chain and relevant communities. Suppliers would need sound financial and legal capacity, appropriate data protection arrangements, relevant qualifications and past performance, and credible approaches to modern slavery and carbon reduction obligations.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Young Futures Hubs and Transformation programme: Delivery partner

Notice Description

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is intending to procure a delivery partner for the Young Futures Hubs and Transformation programme, to provide support to Local Authorities (LAs) to deliver Young Futures Hubs (YF Hubs) and Local Youth Transformation projects, and to establish a national centre for Young Futures Hubs and transformation, producing guidance, best practices and training to share learning with Local Authorities not participating on the programme.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: These options would be subject to DCMS approvals and only triggered if needed, for example within an evolving policy landscape. These options are as follows: 1. An option to increase the scale of the programme to an additional 15 local authorities. This would involve a higher number of local authorities delivering local youth transformation projects only. This option would entail increasing the estimated contract value by up to PS1m and adjusting the financial year profiling to enable delivery to a larger number of local authorities in 27/28 and 28/29. 2. An option to accelerate delivery and increase scale of the programme to an additional 30 local authorities, in line with SoS's ambitions for delivery of the National Youth Strategy, which this programme supports. This option would entail increasing the estimated contract value by up to PS2m and adjusting the financial year profiling to enable delivery to a larger number of local authorities from 26/27, including a rapid mobilisation period. 3. One extension from April 2029 - March 2030, should the programme receive an extension to its funding in the next Spending Review to continue delivery into 2030. This would increase the estimated contract value of up to PS1.5m in 29/30. 4. A contingency option providing up to 2 FTEs on a secondment basis to DCMS. This option would entail the delivery of administration and operational services related to the programme to support DCMS, if required, due to unforeseen resourcing challenges. This would increase the estimated contract value up to PS100,000 over the lifetime of the programme. If this option is utilised the tenderer and the FTEs may be expected to sign any relevant DCSM secondment agreement or other documents.

Renewal: The contract will be awarded for 1 year, with 3 optional extension periods as follows: * August 2027 - July 2028 -optional 12 month extension period * August 2028 - March 2029 - optional 7 month extension period * April 2029 - March 2030 - optional 12 month extension period The Department reserves the right to extend the contract for a further 31 months in increments of 12 months and 7 months as set out above, based on performance and budgetary availability. The maximum contract length will be 43 months.

Planning Information

The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on the Atamis e-sourcing portal: https://dcms.my.site.com/login. You must register on this site to respond. If you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage. Please ensure you review all communications and follow any instructions provided to you. If you experience any technical difficulties please contact the Atamis eSourcing Helpdesk at: Support@atamis.co.uk. This is advert for a market engagement event to take place Wednesday 29th April at 12 noon. There will be a week after this for suppliers to provide feedback via Atamis.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-068977
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085478-2026
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
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

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

80 - Education and training services

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80000000 - Education and training services

80310000 - Youth education services

85000000 - Health and social work services

85300000 - Social work and related services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£7,600,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£7,600,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£7,600,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
4 Aug 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
18 May 2026Expired
Award Date
9 Sep 20261 months ago
Contract Period
19 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2027 6-12 months
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
DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2BQ
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

National Youth Agency

Further Information

Notice Documents

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