--- title: "C0151:Solidarity Fund Scoping Contract (Learning,Development, Evaluation, and Monitoring Framework)" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ab53" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06ab53" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ab53.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ab53.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND" published: "2026-06-02" --- # C0151:Solidarity Fund Scoping Contract (Learning,Development, Evaluation, and Monitoring Framework) Buyer: THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ab53 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06ab53) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ab53.json) ## Summary The procurement process initiated by The National Lottery Community Fund, located in Birmingham, England, involves a tender titled "C0151: Solidarity Fund Scoping Contract (Learning, Development, Evaluation, and Monitoring Framework)" under the industry category of research consultancy services. This active tender, conducted through an open procedure, seeks a suitable contractor to design a monitoring framework and support the procurement of subsequent contracts for the Solidarity Fund programme. The tender stage is currently active, with the inquiry period ending on 16 June 2026 and the tender period concluding on 7 July 2026. The contract award is expected by 10 September 2026, with work commencing on 28 September 2026. The allocated contract value is £399,999.60, and it caters to the UK region. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses focused on research consultancy and those adept in developing frameworks and evaluation approaches. Organisations, particularly SMEs and VCSEs, that have experience in systems change, community empowerment, and addressing inequality would find the scope particularly suitable. The project aims to back charitable organisations fighting inequity through substantial fund grants, aligning perfectly with firms keen on extending their social impact portfolio. It provides an excellent opportunity for a consortium of businesses, with the lead supplier collaborating to achieve comprehensive goals benefiting communities tackling poverty and discrimination. ## Notice A Solidarity Fund feasibility and design contract to support the procurement of two subsequent contracts and develop a monitoring framework. The three key outputs are: 1. An impact evaluation approach for the Solidarity Fund 2. A learning and support contract scope for the Solidarity Fund 3. To develop a monitoring framework for The Solidarity Fund that can provide publishable data about the programme for key stakeholders. The National Lottery Community Fund (the 'Fund') is seeking to procure a suitable contractor (an individual organisation or a consortium with a lead supplier) to scope two separate contracts to support the organisations and grantholders we fund through our Solidarity Fund programme and develop a monitoring framework. The Solidary Fund is a PS250m multi-year fund for charitable organisations tackling the root causes of inequality. The Fund's Solidarity Fund will offer grants of between PS1m and PS5m, to be spent over 5 to 10 years to support this aim. The Fund has committed to awarding approximately 12 grants each year from 2025 to 2030 and anticipate the portfolio to grow to approximately 60 projects by March 2030. Grants range from 5 to 10 year duration so delivery may continue up to 2040. From 2026/2027 the Fund also plan to introduce development grants which will be lower value and shorter in length for some applications. The Solidarity Fund will support community organisations in England that are already working towards making big and lasting changes to the root causes of poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. (Systems Change). The programme aims to change the way organisations or sectors work together (Solidarity), and bring people together to deal with the root causes of these problems, by supporting people to work on this across different issues and communities (Build Power/Organise). Organisations must be led by, and accountable to, people with lived experience of the issues they are tackling (Lived Experience) and create, share and use learning from people that experience inequality (Learning). This may be to help people have a say, and be heard or to support people to take action and make things better by: influencing decision making and changes to systems, helping people that are trying to reduce inequality, understand what has worked elsewhere, or change public understanding of inequality by sharing people's experiences. Further information is available in the tender documents. ### Lot Information Lot LOT-0000 Renewal: The extension option is only for additional time for the completion of services, at the discretion of the Contracting Authority, and no additional cost will be applied. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051826-2026 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Jun 2026 | | Submission deadline | 7 Jul 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 28 Sep 2026 - 28 May 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £333,333 | | Lots value | £333,333 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B15 1TR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Edgbaston | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Edgbaston | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73210000 - Research consultancy services ## Release History - 2 Jun 2026 at 11:02 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051826-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051826-2026 2nd June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=105961&TID100111080&B= - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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