---
title: "C0189 - Hivebrite"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077461"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Big Lottery Fund"
published: "2026-09-17"
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# C0189 - Hivebrite

Buyer: Big Lottery Fund  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077461

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## Summary

The National Lottery Community Fund procured a digital community engagement platform for its Community Learning Panel, which includes more than 100 panel members from funded organisations across the UK. The service provides the infrastructure for managing panel membership and communications, sharing learning opportunities, resources and consultations, and supporting engagement and collaboration between organisations. It also hosts discussions, feedback activities, surveys and other community interactions, and enables members to help co-design, test and develop learning products and services. The platform is intended to provide a single accessible space where community organisations can connect, share experience and participate in Fund-led initiatives. This is a software and digital communication service, classified as communication software development services, delivered across the United Kingdom.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition. Hivebrite UK Limited was selected as supplier on 17 September 2026. The contract was signed on the same date and is active. Its initial period runs from 29 September 2026 to 29 September 2027, with two further 12-month extensions available, giving a maximum end date of 29 September 2029. The contract value is £81,576 excluding VAT and £97,890 including VAT. The stated extension structure is £27,192 excluding VAT for the initial term and £27,192 excluding VAT for each of the two extensions. The procurement comprised one lot and was evaluated through the direct-award route.

This award indicates demand for a managed digital community platform that can support a substantial, geographically dispersed membership and structured engagement between public bodies, funded organisations and community participants. Suppliers seeking comparable work would need a platform capable of membership administration, targeted communications, resource sharing, discussion forums, consultation and survey activity, collaboration, feedback capture and accessible online participation. The requirement also points to value in configurable tools that allow users to contribute to co-design, testing and development rather than simply consume published content. Relevant competitors would be software providers or implementation partners with experience delivering secure, reliable community or stakeholder-engagement platforms, with the operational capability to support ongoing communications and interaction across the UK. Demonstrable experience with public, charitable or grant-funded communities would strengthen credibility when this buyer next reviews the requirement.

## Notice

The platform provides the digital infrastructure that enables engagement, communication, collaboration and participation amongst more than 100 panel members drawn from funded organisations across the UK. The platform provides: * Managing Community Learning Panel membership and communications. * Sharing learning opportunities, resources and consultation activities. * Supporting member engagement and collaboration between organisations. * Hosting discussions, feedback activities, surveys and community interactions. * Enabling panel members to contribute to the co-design, testing and development of learning products and services. * Creating a single, accessible space where community organisations can connect, share experiences and participate in Fund-led initiatives.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088209-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 29 Sep 2026 - 29 Sep 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £81,576 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Big Lottery Fund |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode area | 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Hivebrite UK Limiited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72212510 - Communication software development services

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 13:27 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088209-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088209-2026
  17th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

## Provenance

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