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title: "28833 Community Cohesion Strategy"
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buyer: "Plymouth City Council"
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# 28833 Community Cohesion Strategy

Buyer: Plymouth City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06efb1

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## Summary

Plymouth City Council, with City Leadership Group partners, commissioned specialist support to develop a city-wide Community Cohesion Strategy and accompanying delivery framework for Plymouth. The four-stage programme covers inception and assessment; stakeholder and community engagement; strategy co-production and launch; and implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning. Work includes reviewing evidence and data, interviewing stakeholders, engaging communities, analysing local needs and opportunities, creating a cohesive communities strategy aligned with the Plymouth Plan, and developing delivery and evaluation arrangements. The appointed provider also supplies technical support during implementation, helping with strategic development, partnership engagement, governance, monitoring and capacity building across the city. This is a public-sector research and development consultancy service, rather than direct council service delivery, capital works, infrastructure or individual community-project delivery.

The procurement is complete and the single lot was awarded through a below-threshold limited competition. The selected supplier is The Cohesion and Integration Network. The contract was signed on 21 August 2026, with an award date not separately stated, and runs from 1 September 2026 to 30 November 2027. Its value is £125,000 excluding VAT and £130,000 including VAT. The contract is active. Evaluation was conducted within a limited competition for consultancy services, with the requirement focused on delivering the specified community cohesion strategy, framework and implementation support. The opportunity was not divided into multiple competing lots: the complete requirement was contained in one lot for Plymouth-wide delivery. The procurement is below the applicable threshold.

This award indicates demand from Plymouth City Council for specialist community-cohesion and strategic research consultancy, delivered across a whole city and involving senior partnership working. A credible future competitor would need to combine evidence and data analysis with stakeholder interviews, community engagement, local-needs assessment and strategy development. Experience of co-producing strategies with communities and public-sector partners would be relevant, as would the ability to align policy with an existing local plan. Suppliers should be able to design practical delivery, monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks, support governance and partnership arrangements, and provide technical advice during implementation. Capacity-building skills are important because the requirement extends beyond producing a report to strengthening local capability. The scope suits established consultancy, research, social-policy or community-engagement organisations able to manage a structured multi-stage programme.

## Notice

Plymouth City Council, alongside City Leadership Group partners, seeks to procure specialist support to develop a city-wide Community Cohesion Strategy and accompanying delivery framework for Plymouth. The requirement covers a four-stage programme comprising: inception and assessment; stakeholder and community engagement; strategy co-production and launch; and implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). The appointed provider will undertake evidence and data reviews, stakeholder interviews, community engagement activities, analysis of local needs and opportunities, development of a cohesive communities strategy aligned to the Plymouth Plan, creation of a delivery and evaluation framework, and ongoing technical support during implementation. The commission is intended to support strategic development, partnership engagement, governance, monitoring and capacity-building activity across the city. Out of scope are the direct delivery of mainstream council services, long-term programme implementation beyond the agreed support period, capital works, infrastructure projects, and the procurement of individual community projects that may subsequently be commissioned through the ringfenced local investment fund.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082739-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 30 Nov 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £125,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Plymouth City Council |
| Locality | PLYMOUTH |
| Postcode area | Plymouth |
| Postcode | PL1 3BJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK41 Plymouth |
| Local authority | Plymouth |
| Electoral ward | St Peter and the Waterfront |
| Westminster constituency | Plymouth Sutton and Devonport |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE COHESION AND INTEGRATION NETWORK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

## Release History

- 1 Sep 2026 at 14:52 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082739-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082739-2026
  1st September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.plymouth.gov.uk
- https://belongnetwork.org/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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