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title: "VCFSE Safeguarding Support Service"
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# VCFSE Safeguarding Support Service

Buyer: East Riding of Yorkshire Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06fa6b

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## Summary

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is procuring a specialist safeguarding support service for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations across the East Riding of Yorkshire. The service will provide safeguarding advice, training and strategic representation, helping organisations develop safe practices, meet their safeguarding responsibilities and respond to emerging risks affecting children, young people and adults at risk. It will act as a link between the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector, local safeguarding partnerships and statutory agencies. The work includes promoting collaboration, sharing learning and good practice, amplifying community voices, and supporting safer organisations and communities. This is a health and social work service, delivered across the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The procurement has reached tender: East Riding of Yorkshire Council invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. Enquiries had to be submitted by 6 October 2026 at 23:00, and offers by 15 October 2026 at 11:00. The contract is valued at £154,800 gross and covers one lot. The initial contract period runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029, with a possible 12-month extension at the council’s sole discretion, up to 31 March 2030. Evaluation is weighted 70% on price and 30% on quality. Electronic submission is allowed. The opportunity is subject to the light-touch regime and is below the relevant threshold.

This opportunity suits organisations with established expertise in safeguarding across the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector. Relevant capability includes providing specialist safeguarding advice, delivering training, helping organisations develop safe working practices, and supporting them to meet safeguarding responsibilities. Suppliers should be able to engage with organisations working with children, young people and adults at risk, identify and respond to emerging safeguarding risks, and share learning and good practice. The service also calls for the ability to represent sector interests strategically, build collaboration, and work constructively with local safeguarding partnerships and statutory agencies. The tender is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises, although participation is not reserved for those organisations.

## Notice

The East Riding VCFSE Safeguarding Support Service provides specialist safeguarding support, advice, training and strategic representation to voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations across the East Riding of Yorkshire. The service plays a key role in building safeguarding capacity within the sector, supporting organisations to develop safe practices, meet their safeguarding responsibilities and respond effectively to emerging risks affecting children, young people and adults at risk. Acting as a trusted link between the VCFSE sector, local safeguarding partnerships and statutory agencies, the service promotes collaboration, shares learning and best practice, amplifies community voices and helps ensure that safeguarding remains at the heart of service delivery, contributing to safer organisations and safer communities across the East Riding

### Lot Information

Lot LOT-0000

Renewal: Extension at the sole discretion of East Riding of Yorkshire Council for 12 Months, up to 31/03/2030

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087428-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £154,800 |
| Lots value | £154,800 |
| 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 | East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
| Locality | BEVERLEY |
| Postcode area | Hull |
| Postcode | HU17 9BA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE12 East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Local authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Electoral ward | St Mary's |
| Westminster constituency | Beverley and Holderness |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 15 Sep 2026 at 15:44 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087428-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087428-2026
  15th September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=109104&TID100114156&B=
- https://www.eastriding.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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