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Published 15 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Third Sector Infrastructure Support & Representation

Official notice

Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£3,566,292≈ £1.2m / year · £3,566,292 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Oct 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Apr 2029 · up to 1 Apr 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The third sector infrastructure and representation plays a vital role in supporting frontline organisations, helping to ensure the sustainability and resilience of a thriving sector that can adapt to emerging challenges and opportunities. This service is aimed at encompasses leadership and representation, partnership and collaboration, capacity building, and volunteering. Together, these elements not only strengthen the sector's foundations but also enable meaningful engagement with the Council, health and care and city partners, ensuring that third sector voices help shape the city's strategic direction. Infrastructure support specifically targets the development of smaller third sector organisations, those based in disadvantaged wards, and groups that are often excluded or underrepresented. The funding will also promote and enable positive social action, helping to build empowered, inclusive, and thriving local communities. It will support organisations rooted in both place and shared interest to generate social value and drive change from within

  • No preliminary market engagement: The scheme is a standard service, as there is no changes to the specification.

CPV: Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£3,566,292
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 1 Apr 2032 with extensionsValue: £3,566,292 exc. VAT · £3,566,292 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The extension provision will be for up to a maximum period of 36 months in any combination, subject to budget availability.
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    See tender documents for further information

  • Technical & professional ability

    See tender documents for further information

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 73%Price: 27%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    See tender documents for further information

  • Technical & professional ability

    See tender documents for further information

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 27 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.7 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST
Last source update
15 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 18 Dec 2025
Authority reference
99292
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056584
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Other community, social and personal services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059a58 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
20 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
7 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

15 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    15 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST
  2. Clarification questions by389 days ago
    7 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline376 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by316 days ago
    18 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts213 days ago
    1 Apr 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    15 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leeds City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJYG-6658-PPMY Civic Hall, 3rd Floor West,, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 1URContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender