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title: "Lived Experience Mentoring"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f962"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "South Gloucestershire Council"
published: "2026-09-14"
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# Lived Experience Mentoring

Buyer: South Gloucestershire Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f962

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## Summary

South Gloucestershire Council commissioned a one-to-one lived-experience mentoring service for young people affected by serious youth violence or exploitation. The work sits within youth education and community action services, covering individual mentoring intended to support young people with relevant lived experience and safeguarding needs. Delivery is for South Gloucestershire Council’s area. The requirement is a focused support service rather than general training, education provision or a broad youth programme. It is likely to suit community-interest companies, charities, social enterprises and specialist youth-support providers with practitioners able to build trusted one-to-one relationships with young people affected by violence, exploitation or related risks. The council is the public-sector buyer and the selected provider is BXCELLENCE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY, a Bristol-based SME and voluntary, community or social enterprise.

This procurement has been awarded following a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. The tender and its single lot are complete. BXCELLENCE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY was selected as the supplier, and the contract was signed on 1 April 2026. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £38,400 excluding VAT and £46,080 including VAT. The recorded contract status is active. The procurement used a single-lot arrangement for the full mentoring requirement. The published outcome identifies the service category as services, with classifications for youth education services and community action programmes. The contracting route indicates that suppliers were not invited to compete through an open tender for this requirement.

Although this contract has been awarded, it provides a clear example of the council’s demand for specialist, targeted support for young people affected by serious youth violence or exploitation. Suppliers seeking comparable work should be able to deliver consistent one-to-one mentoring, understand the experiences and risks faced by this group, and demonstrate safe, trusted engagement with young people. Relevant capability is likely to include youth education, community-based support, safeguarding practice and work with people affected by violence or exploitation. A community-interest company, charity, social enterprise or other specialist provider with a strong local presence could be well placed. The selected supplier’s SME and voluntary, community or social enterprise profile shows that this type of focused requirement can suit smaller mission-led organisations, rather than only large national providers.

## Notice

A 'one to one' mentoring service to support young people who have been affected by serious youth violence or exploitation.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086974-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £38,400 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | South Gloucestershire Council |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Postcode area | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS37 5AF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Frampton Cotterell |
| Westminster constituency | Thornbury and Yate |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BXCELLENCE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 80310000 - Youth education services
- 85322000 - Community action programme

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 15:15 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086974-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086974-2026
  14th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://bxcellence.godaddysites.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.southglos.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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