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Community Impact Fund - Programme Management Office

North East Combined Authority

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Planning

08 Oct 2026 at 15:23

UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

North East Combined Authority plans to appoint a programme management office (PMO) partner for its Community Impact Fund. The partner will provide central programme management and coordination, supporting governance and reporting, financial and contract management, delivery-partner performance against agreed outcomes and milestones, and programme risks and dependencies. The work also covers developing and managing Social Outcomes Partnerships, coordinating delivery partners, investors, commissioners and outcomes payers, and ensuring the Better Futures Fund element is used effectively within the programme. The fund aims to improve outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty by strengthening the capacity, capability and sustainability of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations and encouraging preventative, outcomes-based service delivery. Delivery is across the North East, including County Durham, the North East Combined Authority area and Tyne and Wear.

This is at the planning stage: the buyer has set out its intention to procure, but has not yet invited tenders. It expects to use an open procedure. The procurement is planned as one lot, with a gross estimated value of £680,000. The anticipated contract period is 18 January 2027 to 31 January 2029, with one optional six-month extension, to 30 June 2029. The buyer expects to publish the next notice by 16 October 2026. For the planned evaluation, quality carries 80% of the weighting and price 20%. The lot is identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprise suppliers.

This work is suited to organisations able to run a multi-partner public programme and provide robust programme-office support across governance, reporting, finance, contracts, performance, risk and dependencies. Suppliers should be prepared to manage relationships across voluntary, community and social enterprise delivery partners, investors, commissioners and outcomes payers, and to support Social Outcomes Partnerships. Experience of outcomes-based commissioning or delivery, preventative services for children and families experiencing poverty, and coordinating investment would be relevant to the stated purpose. The buyer also needs effective management of delivery partners against agreed outcomes and milestones, and the ability to make use of the Better Futures Fund element. The buyer has marked the work as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations; no specific accreditations or minimum capability thresholds are set out at this planning stage.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Community Impact Fund - Programme Management Office

Notice Description

The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority is seeking to appoint a Programme Management Office (PMO) Partner to support the management and coordination of the PS12 million North East Community Impact Fund (CIF), which links to anticipated future investment through the Government's Better Futures Fund. CIF aims to improve outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty by strengthening the capacity, capability and sustainability of the VCSE sector and enabling more preventative and outcomes-based approaches to service delivery. The PMO Partner will provide the central programme management and coordination function for CIF, supporting effective delivery across the programme. This will include supporting programme governance and reporting, financial and contract management, performance management of commissioned delivery partners against agreed outcomes and milestones, and management of programme-level risks and dependencies. The PMO Partner will also support the development and management of Social Outcomes Partnerships, coordinating relationships between delivery partners, investors, commissioners and outcomes payers. This will include ensuring the Better Futures Fund element is leveraged effectively as part of the CIF programme.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: 1 x 6 Month Option to Extend

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0783ff
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095321-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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

CPV Codes

72224000 - Project management consultancy services

79411000 - General management consultancy services

79412000 - Financial management consultancy services

79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£680,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£680,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
17 Oct 20263 days to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
18 Jan 2027 - 31 Jan 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
North East Combined Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE4 5BZ
Postcode Area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC43 Tyneside
Delivery Location
TLC14 Durham, TLC2 Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear
Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Arthur's Hill
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Further Information

Notice Documents

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