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MFCF Back In Play (2026-2027)

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland

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20 Aug 2026 at 10:32

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland, through Cleveland’s Unit for the Reduction of Violence (CURV), commissioned community violence-reduction services from Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation. The requirement combines two complementary strands: Back in Play, supporting rehabilitation, employability and positive reintegration for individuals in HMP Holme House; and Anti-Knife Crime Education, a preventative programme for Year 5 and Year 6 pupils in primary schools identified as serious-violence hotspots. The work addresses weapons-enabled violence, vulnerability and offending behaviour by strengthening protective factors, improving life opportunities and reducing involvement in violence. It is a community action programme and provision of services to the community, delivered across Cleveland.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation. It used a below-threshold direct award without competition under the applicable UK legal basis. The single lot and award are recorded as complete, with the award shown as pending. The award value is £30,000 gross, including £30,000 net, in GBP. The contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 March 2027, with a possible maximum extension to 31 March 2028. A signature milestone is scheduled for 28 August 2026. The initial funding is £30,000; any extension depends on further funding being awarded to the contracting authority. The stated procurement category is services.

This requirement indicates demand for specialist community violence-reduction delivery combining custodial rehabilitation, employability and reintegration support with preventative knife-crime education in primary schools. A credible future competitor would need experience of working with people in custody and supporting rehabilitation into positive community participation, alongside the ability to design and deliver age-appropriate safeguarding-led education for younger pupils. Strong partnership working with police, schools, communities, specified authorities and other stakeholders would be important, as would the capacity to operate across Cleveland and respond to locally identified serious-violence risks. The selected supplier is a voluntary, community and social enterprise, so organisations with comparable community-sector delivery experience and partnership capability are well placed.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

MFCF Back In Play (2026-2027)

Notice Description

Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) are established to provide leadership and strategic coordination in addressing serious violence. Cleveland's VRU, known locally as CURV (Cleveland Unit for the Reduction of Violence), aims to achieve this by strengthening partnerships, engaging with communities, and ensuring that specified authorities, partners and key stakeholders work collaboratively. CURV commissioned a Strategic Needs Assessment (SNA) which provided an in-depth analysis of the causes and drivers of serious violence across Cleveland. The assessment identified weapons-enabled violence, vulnerability factors and offending behaviours as key challenges affecting local communities and highlighted the importance of targeted interventions that strengthen protective factors, improve life opportunities and reduce the risk of involvement in violence. CURV proposes to commission Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation (MFC Foundation) to deliver two complimentary strands of violence reduction activity between 1st September 2026 and 31st March 2027: Back in Play, a targeted intervention supporting rehabilitation, employability and positive reintegration for individuals within HMP Holme House, and Anti-Knife Crime Education, a preventative programme delivered within identified serious violence hotspot primary schools, focused on Year 5 and Year 6 pupils approaching the transition to secondary education.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e849
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079321-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

75200000 - Provision of services to the community

85322000 - Community action programme

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£30,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Aug 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Aug 20266 days ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 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
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
STOCKTON ON TEES
Postcode
TS17 6QW
Postcode Area
Cleveland
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC3 Tees Valley
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Stockton-on-Tees
Electoral Ward
Mandale & Victoria
Westminster Constituency
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION

Further Information

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