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Community Impact Fund - Grant Administration

Upcoming United Kingdom IT services

Buyer North East Combined Authority

32 days left

Key facts

Closes
Estimated value
€363,873
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Deadline open for 32 days
  3. Awarded pending

Bidding window

32 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,768 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

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The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority is procuring a Grant Administration Partner to deliver the grant funding element of the £12 million North East Community Impact Fund. The partner will administer £3.2 million through approximately 160 grants to VCSE organisations across the North East, managing application and assessment processes, carrying out due diligence and contracting, processing payments, monitoring delivery and maintaining programme management information. The fund aims to improve outcomes for children and families experiencing poverty by strengthening the VCSE sector and enabling preventative, outcomes-based service delivery. The partner will work closely with the North East MSA, the CIF Programme Management Office and other delivery partners on referral, reporting, governance and funding decision-making arrangements.

Description

The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority is seeking to appoint a Grant Administration Partner to support delivery of the grant funding component of the £12 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 £3.2 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.

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    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

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  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €363,873.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in IT services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    32 days left.

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    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

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  6. Your call:

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    The buyer has 39 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

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  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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North East Combined Authority

United Kingdom

notices in the register
39
awards
29

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
13
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
23%

Based on 13 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, IT services - United Kingdom

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Insight Direct (UK) Ltd 22 €4.4M Sep 2026

Based on 1150 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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different companies won awards here
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of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
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buyers awarded contracts here
363

Based on 1,139 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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