--- title: "Community Impact Fund - Programme Management Office" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0783ff" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0783ff" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0783ff.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0783ff.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "North East Combined Authority" published: "2026-10-08" --- # Community Impact Fund - Programme Management Office Buyer: North East Combined Authority Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0783ff [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0783ff) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0783ff.json) ## Summary North East Combined Authority plans to appoint a programme management office (PMO) partner for its Community Impact Fund. The partner will provide central programme management and coordination, supporting governance and reporting, financial and contract management, delivery-partner performance against agreed outcomes and milestones, and programme risks and dependencies. The work also covers developing and managing Social Outcomes Partnerships, coordinating delivery partners, investors, commissioners and outcomes payers, and ensuring the Better Futures Fund element is used effectively within the programme. The fund aims to improve outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty by strengthening the capacity, capability and sustainability of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations and encouraging preventative, outcomes-based service delivery. Delivery is across the North East, including County Durham, the North East Combined Authority area and Tyne and Wear. This is at the planning stage: the buyer has set out its intention to procure, but has not yet invited tenders. It expects to use an open procedure. The procurement is planned as one lot, with a gross estimated value of £680,000. The anticipated contract period is 18 January 2027 to 31 January 2029, with one optional six-month extension, to 30 June 2029. The buyer expects to publish the next notice by 16 October 2026. For the planned evaluation, quality carries 80% of the weighting and price 20%. The lot is identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprise suppliers. This work is suited to organisations able to run a multi-partner public programme and provide robust programme-office support across governance, reporting, finance, contracts, performance, risk and dependencies. Suppliers should be prepared to manage relationships across voluntary, community and social enterprise delivery partners, investors, commissioners and outcomes payers, and to support Social Outcomes Partnerships. Experience of outcomes-based commissioning or delivery, preventative services for children and families experiencing poverty, and coordinating investment would be relevant to the stated purpose. The buyer also needs effective management of delivery partners against agreed outcomes and milestones, and the ability to make use of the Better Futures Fund element. The buyer has marked the work as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations; no specific accreditations or minimum capability thresholds are set out at this planning stage. ## Notice The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority is seeking to appoint a Programme Management Office (PMO) Partner to support the management and coordination of the PS12 million North East Community Impact Fund (CIF), which links to anticipated future investment through the Government's Better Futures Fund. 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 PMO Partner will provide the central programme management and coordination function for CIF, supporting effective delivery across the programme. This will include supporting programme governance and reporting, financial and contract management, performance management of commissioned delivery partners against agreed outcomes and milestones, and management of programme-level risks and dependencies. The PMO Partner will also support the development and management of Social Outcomes Partnerships, coordinating relationships between delivery partners, investors, commissioners and outcomes payers. This will include ensuring the Better Futures Fund element is leveraged effectively as part of the CIF programme. ### 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/095321-2026 | | 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 - 31 Jan 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £680,000 | | Lots value | £680,000 | | 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 - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 72224000 - Project management consultancy services - 79411000 - General management consultancy services - 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services - 79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work ## Release History - 8 Oct 2026 at 15:23 - Planning - UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095321-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095321-2026 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 This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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