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Third Sector Infrastructure Support and Representation

Leeds City Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 23:52.

Opportunity overview

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. The contract is been awarded for a period of three years at a value of £1,783,145.36, with with an option for the Council to extend up to a maximum period of 36 months in any combination, subject to budget availability.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS

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Contract value
£3.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
3 Feb 2026
Including VAT
£3.6m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00555150
Location
Leeds, UKE42, LS10 2QW, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
75944 (103403)
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Leeds City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PJYG-6658-PPMY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJYG-6658-PPMY

Address

Street Address
Civic Hall, Calverley Street
Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS1 1UR
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE42

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS
Id
GB-COH-00555150

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
00555150

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PPQD-2439-TGZV

Address

Street Address
Stringer House
Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS10 2QW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE42

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
Yes
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
98000000
Description
Other community, social and personal services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKE42
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00555150
Name
VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Third Sector Infrastructure Support and Representation
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
3 Feb 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2032, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The extension provision will be for up to a maximum period of 36 months in any combination, subject to budget availability.

Value

Including VAT
3,566,290.74
Amount
3,566,290.74
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
054884-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Jun 2026, 16:07
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leeds · UKE42 · LS1 1UR · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. 054884-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·