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VCSE Support & Improvement Programme (BDCHCP) 26.27.24

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

21 Sep 2026 at 11:44

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

12 Jun 2026 at 10:19

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

12 Jun 2026 at 09:35

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board commissioned a VCSE support and improvement programme for the Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership. The service is intended to strengthen voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations that support local health and care priorities. Its scope includes improving the capability of organisations that divert people from statutory health and social care, developing prevention-focused community work, helping communities become inclusive and self-supporting, and enabling health and care staff to connect people with local support. The provider is also expected to support partnership working, community engagement and coordination across local VCSE organisations. This is a community action programme delivered in and around Bradford District and Craven, with NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board as the buying organisation.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct award rather than a competitive tender. The contract was awarded on 11 June 2026 to bradford VCS Alliance, with the contract signed on 30 June 2026. The active contract runs from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027. Its value is £515,877.12 including applicable taxes. The award was made as a single lot and is classified as services. The buyer’s justification was that bradford VCS Alliance is the established infrastructure body and strategic health and care partner for Bradford, with a unique role in coordinating VCSE engagement, partnership representation, project delivery and insight reporting. The arrangement is intended to maintain stability while longer-term commissioning options are planned.

This procurement shows that the buyer values a locally embedded VCSE infrastructure partner able to coordinate a broad network of community organisations and work directly with NHS and local authority commissioners. A credible future provider would need strong relationships across Bradford District and Craven, experience of representing voluntary and community organisations in strategic partnership structures, and the ability to manage or oversee community projects delivered by multiple organisations. Relevant capability includes prevention-focused health and care work, community engagement, involvement and participation, support for integrated neighbourhood working, and clear reporting of local insight and outcomes. Organisations should also be able to help statutory staff understand and connect with community services, support organisational improvement across the VCSE sector, and contribute to practical commissioning and service-transition planning.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

VCSE Support & Improvement Programme (BDCHCP) 26.27.24

Notice Description

Strengthen VCSE to support the health and care strategy; Improve the capability of, and address weaknesses in, organisations that directly divert citizens from the statutory health and social care system Work with the health and care partnership to design a focus on prevention; working with communities to become inclusive, welcoming and self-supporting places, and working with Health & Social Care staff to enable them to understand the offer available in communities and connect citizens to local VCSE groups and community support.

Procurement Information

The current provider, the Bradford VCS Alliance (VCSA) was established by the local VCSE sector with the explicit purpose of acting as the infrastructure body and strategic partner for health and care in Bradford District and Craven. It plays a unique system role in coordinating VCSE engagement, managing representation across partnership groups, and overseeing delivery of health and care projects by a wider network of local VCSE organisations. There is no viable alternative organisation able to deliver this function in a way that preserves existing alignment, infrastructure, and system trust. Changing provider at this stage would risk destabilising delivery, duplicating effort, and undermining the progress made in embedding the VCSE as a core system partner. The VCSA's model of delivery, coordination, and insight reporting is embedded across our place-based structures. This 12 month contract supports: * The development of the VCSE's role in Integrated Neighbourhood Working, aligned to local and national strategic priorities * Ongoing review and transition of Community Partnership structures, forming a core part of current organisational change * Joint planning with local authority commissioners to determine the most appropriate long-term commissioning route * Exploration of potential investment from other system partners, including emerging provider collaboratives * Continued delivery of statutory duties relating to involvement, engagement, and system partnership This direct award represents a time-limited, proportionate and compliant arrangement to maintain stability, enable joint strategic planning, and support system transition. Future commissioning arrangements will be informed by this planning work and will follow the appropriate governance and legal routes, taking account of direct award criteria where applicable.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b3ac
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089058-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85322000 - Community action programme

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£515,877 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
£515,877 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
11 Jun 20264 months ago
Contract Period
1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active, Pending
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRADFORD
Postcode
BD1 4AS
Postcode Area
Bradford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE41 Bradford
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Bradford
Electoral Ward
City
Westminster Constituency
Bradford West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Bradford VCS Alliance Ltd

Further Information

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