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Thematic Evaluation - Community Connection

The National Lottery Community Fund · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 22:06.

Opportunity overview

Our Evidence and Impact Strategy sets out an ambition to increase the proportion of our funding supported by independent impact evaluations. A key way for achieving this is through commissioning and publishing cross-Fund impact evaluations on themes linked to our missions (e.g. environmental sustainability and community connection). To support this ambition, the Impact & Evaluation (I&E) Team is undertaking a project designed to: a. develop an pproach for carrying out cross-Fund thematic evaluation b. test this approach through a pilot thematic evaluation c. make recommendations for embedding thematic evaluation into future practice While the fund regularly commissions evaluations for specific programmes, undertaking an evaluation focused on a theme cutting across multiple portfolios is new. This pilot evaluation will therefore generate both impact evidence on a theme, and methodological learning from the process to support in decisions about rollong this approach out more widely.

Awarded to

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Published award value
£199.5k
Awarded
25 Aug 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 02143539
Location
Sheffield, UKE32, S1 1WB, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0000Value 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
C0163
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0000
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
The National Lottery Community Fund
Id
GB-PPON-PNLV-9975-CQQW

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNLV-9975-CQQW

Address

Street Address
4th Floor, ​​​​​​​Apex House, 3 Embassy Drive
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B15 1TR
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG31

Contact

Name
Procurement

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-WLS
Description
Welsh devolved regulations apply
Organisation 2
Name
Sheffield Hallam University
Id
GB-COH-02143539

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02143539

Address

Street Address
Unit 10 Science Park
Locality
Sheffield
Postal Code
S1 1WB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE32

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Thematic Evaluation - Community Cohesion
Status
pending
Date
26 Aug 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
8 Sept 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79419000
Description
Evaluation consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
239,442
Amount
199,535
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02143539
Name
Sheffield Hallam University

Standstill Period

Ends
18 Sept 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2028, 23:59

Related lots

LOT-0000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
085323-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
9 Sept 2026, 11:50
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
23 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B15 1TR · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 060964-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 061163-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 085323-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·