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title: "Preventing Knife Crime: Community Champions Programme"
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# Preventing Knife Crime: Community Champions Programme

Buyer: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07940a

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## Summary

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, through its Violence Prevention Partnership, is seeking a provider to design and deliver a leadership development programme for leaders and aspiring leaders in the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector. The programme is intended to strengthen leadership across organisations working with children, young people and communities, and equip participants with specialist knowledge, skills and practical tools for effective, evidence-informed knife crime prevention. The work is in the specialist training services category and is to be delivered in South Yorkshire. The requirement is organised as one lot and is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

The buyer invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. The tender deadline was 16 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC, and the deadline for enquiries was 6 November 2026 at 23:59 UTC. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 December 2026 to 31 March 2028, with an option to extend once for 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance and continued funding. The estimated value is £165,000 excluding VAT (£198,000 including VAT). Tenders are assessed on the most advantageous offer: quality carries 80%, social value 10% and price 10%.

This opportunity suits providers able to develop and deliver leadership training for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations, including those working with children, young people and communities. Suppliers should be able to build participants’ leadership capability and provide specialist knowledge, skills and practical tools for evidence-informed knife crime prevention. The programme’s focus on leaders and aspiring leaders makes experience supporting leadership development in the VCFSE sector particularly relevant, alongside the ability to connect training to community-level violence prevention. The buyer identifies the opportunity as suitable for SMEs and VCFSEs, so smaller and mission-led providers are within the intended supplier pool. Evaluation places substantially greater weight on quality than on price, with social value also assessed.

## Notice

The Violence Prevention Partnership (VPP) is seeking a provider to design and deliver a leadership development programme for leaders and aspiring leaders from the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector. The programme will strengthen leadership capability across organisations working with children, young people and communities, while equipping participants with the specialist knowledge, skills and practical tools to lead effective, evidence-informed approaches to knife crime prevention.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The Authority reserves the right to extend the contract for a further 1 x 12 month periods, subject to satisfactory performance and continued availability of funding

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102856-2026 |
| 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 | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Dec 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £165,000 |
| Lots value | £165,000 |
| 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 | South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Postcode area | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 2BQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | TLE3 South Yorkshire |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80510000 - Specialist training services

## Release History

- 29 Oct 2026 at 16:39 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102856-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/102856-2026
  29th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/
- https://procontract.due-north.com/AllassociatedtenderdocumentscanbefoundviatheaboveTenderPortal
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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