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title: "Community Impact Fund - Grant Administration"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078405"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "North East Combined Authority"
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# Community Impact Fund - Grant Administration

Buyer: North East Combined Authority  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078405

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## Summary

The North East Combined Authority intends to appoint a grant administration partner for the North East Community Impact Fund. The partner will administer grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations across the North East. The fund aims to improve outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty by strengthening the VCSE sector and supporting more preventative, outcomes-based services. The work covers the full grant-administration cycle: managing applications and assessment, carrying out due diligence, preparing grant agreements, processing payments, monitoring delivery and maintaining programme information. The partner will also work with the authority’s programme management office and other delivery partners on referrals, reporting, governance and funding decisions. This is a grant-management and programme-support service, rather than a contract to deliver frontline services directly.

This is at the planning stage: the authority has expressed its intention to procure, but has not yet invited tenders. It expects to publish the next notice on 16 October 2026 and intends to use an open procedure. The estimated contract value is £308,000 including VAT. The planned contract is expected to run from 18 January 2027 to 31 January 2029, with a single six-month extension option that could extend it to 30 June 2029. The procurement is planned as one lot. The stated evaluation weighting is 80% quality and 20% price. No response deadline should be treated as set at this planning stage.

This work is likely to suit organisations with practical experience administering grant programmes for charities, community organisations or other VCSE bodies. Relevant strengths include designing and running application and assessment processes, proportionate due diligence, grant contracting, payment administration, delivery monitoring and accurate programme management information. Suppliers will need to coordinate effectively with a public authority, a programme management office and other delivery partners, particularly around referrals, reporting and governance. The programme’s focus on children, families experiencing poverty and preventative services makes familiarity with the VCSE sector and outcomes-based funding relevant. The procurement is identified as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs, so specialist grant administrators and smaller organisations may be well placed to prepare for the competition. No particular accreditation or qualification is stated.

## Notice

The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority is seeking to appoint a Grant Administration Partner to support delivery of the grant funding component 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 Grant Administration Partner will manage the administration of PS3.2 million of funding through approximately 160 grants to VCSE organisations across the North East. This will include managing grant application and assessment processes, undertaking due diligence and contracting, processing payments, monitoring delivery and maintaining programme management information. The partner will work closely with North East MSA, the CIF Programme Management Office and other delivery partners to support effective referral, reporting, governance and funding decision-making arrangements.

### 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/095331-2026 |
| 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 | £308,000 |
| Lots value | £308,000 |
| 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

- 72316000 - Data analysis services
- 79411000 - General management consultancy services
- 79420000 - Management-related services

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 15:31 - Planning - UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095331-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095331-2026
  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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