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GMCA1960 Bee Well Youth Steering Group Delivery Partner

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

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23 Sep 2026 at 10:06

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Greater Manchester Combined Authority commissioned Youth Focus North West Ltd to act as delivery partner for the #BeeWell Youth Steering Group and related youth engagement across Greater Manchester. The work includes managing the group, facilitating monthly virtual sessions and termly in-person workshops, supporting young representatives on the #BeeWell delivery board, and handling member communications, recruitment, safeguarding, reimbursement and incentives. The partner also supports engagement with children and young people’s voice groups, gathers feedback on priorities, advises on youth engagement resources, and helps young people interpret #BeeWell findings, shape responses and report the programme’s impact. The service is youth engagement and programme support, classified under general management consultancy services (CPV 79411000).

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Youth Focus North West Ltd, which is also the named supplier under an active contract. Greater Manchester Combined Authority used a below-threshold limited competition. There was one lot. The award is for services; no award date or separate award value is recorded. The contract was signed on 17 August 2026 and runs from 17 August 2026 to 16 August 2027, with an option to extend for a further 12 months, to 16 August 2028. Its value is £60,000 excluding VAT (£72,000 including VAT). The contract is active. No evaluation criteria or supplier eligibility requirements are stated in the process data.

This award demonstrates demand from Greater Manchester Combined Authority for a delivery partner able to run sustained, youth-led engagement as part of the #BeeWell programme. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need experience building and maintaining a youth steering group, facilitating both virtual sessions and in-person workshops, and enabling young people to influence programme governance through challenge and scrutiny. Delivery also calls for robust safeguarding, consent and onboarding practices, active member communications and recruitment, and systems for reimbursement and incentives. Suppliers should be capable of working across city-region youth voice networks, gathering and synthesising young people’s feedback, and turning programme findings into accessible resources, narratives and impact reporting. The awarded provider was a youth-focused organisation; relevant youth engagement capacity and the ability to work in partnership with the programme and the Combined Authority are central to this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

GMCA1960 Bee Well Youth Steering Group Delivery Partner

Notice Description

The delivery partner will support our #BeeWell Youth Steering Group and associated youth engagement activities. Working with the #BeeWell partnership and GMCA to: Manage the #BeeWell youth steering group Facilitate monthly, virtual, youth steering group sessions to engage the voices of young people in programme delivery and decision making. Support representatives of the youth steering group to join the #BeeWell delivery board and empower them to offer challenge and scrutiny to the programme delivery. Facilitate Termly (4 times per year) in person workshops including the spring headline workshop and annual thank you activity. Manage and lead communications with group members via group WhatsApp and individual communications. Maintain membership of the youth steering group to at least 15 young people, leading annual recruitment drives to bring on board new members. Hold overall responsibility for the safeguarding of youth steering group members, ensuring all policies and procedures are in place, including consent and onboarding of new members. Coordinate reimbursement and incentives to ensure young people are appropriately compensated for activities in line with policy. Support wider CYP engagement activities: Facilitate and support engagement of CYP voice groups and infrastructure (including the Youth Combined Authority) across the city-region in the work of #BeeWell and collating broader feedback on priorities selected by young people, annually. Guide and advise creation of #BeeWell resources for youth engagement (e.g. for schools to engage pupils in their data, for #BeeWell workshops) Support #BeeWell team with engagement of young people across GM Youth Voice infrastructure to understand #BeeWell insights, develop youth led narratives and codesign responses. Work with young people and the #BeeWell partnership to codesign reporting of impact and influence to young people who complete the #BeeWell survey. Supporting YP involvement in #BeeWell communications, including headline reporting, quotes for press releases, videos and blogs.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07783e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089961-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

79411000 - General management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£60,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
17 Aug 2026 - 16 Aug 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M1 6EU
Postcode Area
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD33 Manchester
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Manchester
Electoral Ward
Deansgate
Westminster Constituency
Manchester Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Youth Focus North West

Further Information

Notice Documents

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