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title: "Community Impact Fund - Evaluation Partner"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0783fb"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "North East Combined Authority"
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# Community Impact Fund - Evaluation Partner

Buyer: North East Combined Authority  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0783fb

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## Summary

North East Combined Authority plans to appoint an independent evaluation partner for the North East Community Impact Fund. The work is programme-level evaluation of the fund’s implementation, emerging outcomes and value for money across its different components. The fund supports the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector to strengthen its capacity, capability and sustainability, and to develop more preventative, outcomes-based services. The evaluation will cover support for VCSE capability and commissioning readiness as well as the development and delivery of services. It will draw together evidence from funded activity and establish a basis for assessing the fund’s longer-term contribution to outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty. Findings are intended to support future commissioning, investment and VCSE support across the North East of England.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the buyer has described an intention to procure, but has not issued an invitation to tender. It expects to use an open procedure and has set out a single lot. The estimated contract value is £300,000. The buyer’s indicative timetable gives 16 October 2026 as the expected date for the next procurement notice, 10 November for the anticipated tender closing date, 5 November for enquiries to close, and 22 December for the expected award decision. The anticipated contract period runs from 18 January 2027 to 31 March 2029, with a possible six-month extension to 30 September 2029. Quality carries 80% of the evaluation weighting and price 20%.

The work is suited to independent evaluation consultancies, social research firms and organisations experienced in evaluating complex, multi-component programmes. Strong candidates will be able to assess implementation and emerging outcomes, judge value for money, bring together evidence from varied funded activities, and set out a credible approach to understanding longer-term effects on children and families. Experience of work involving poverty, family services, prevention, outcomes-based delivery or the VCSE sector would be directly relevant to the fund’s purpose. The partner will also need to turn evaluation findings into practical recommendations and support continuous learning and improvement during delivery. The buyer has indicated that small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises are suitable suppliers for this work.

## Notice

The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority is seeking to appoint an independent Evaluation Partner to undertake a programme-level evaluation of the PS12 million North East Community Impact Fund (CIF). CIF aims to improve outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty by strengthening the capacity, capability and sustainability of the VCSE sector and enabling more preventative and outcomes-based approaches to service delivery. The evaluation will assess CIF's implementation, emerging outcomes and value for money across its different components, including its support to strengthen VCSE capability and commissioning readiness and the development and delivery of preventative and outcomes-based services. It will draw together evidence from across CIF-supported activity and establish the foundations for assessing CIF's longer-term contribution to outcomes for children and families. The Evaluation Partner will also support continuous learning and improvement throughout delivery, providing practical findings and recommendations to inform future commissioning, investment and VCSE support across the North East.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: 1 X 6 MONTH OPTION TO EXTEND

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095314-2026 |
| Notice type | UK3 - Planned Procurement 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 | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 18 Jan 2027 - 1 Apr 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £300,000 |
| Lots value | £300,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | North East Combined Authority |
| Locality | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode area | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE4 5BZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Electoral ward | Arthur's Hill |
| Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West |
| Delivery location | TLC14 Durham, TLC2 Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73210000 - Research consultancy services
- 79315000 - Social research services
- 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 15:16 - Planning - UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095314-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095314-2026
  8th October 2026 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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