Southwark Local Access Partnership Programme - Packages 3 and 4
Estimated value
£697k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
2
Published
29 Sept 2025
Description
The Southwark LAP aims to tackle the key barriers to starting and growing a social-purpose organisation by providing a comprehensive package of enterprise support over the next two years and make strong progress towards the long-term goals namely: • Build capacity, skills, community, connections and support across our social ecosystem. • Tackle entrenched social issues in Southwark. • Widen the diversity of those who own, start up, and are employed by social enterprises and charities in Southwark. The Southwark LAP is targeted at Global Majority-led and/or women-led organisations and individuals, those historically most marginalised and underserved in the borough. These contracts relates to providing enterprise support for later-stage enterprises focussed on growth, which will help social enterprises to grow and thrive. The pre-tender estimates for each of the lots is: Pack 3 - £359,100 and £384,120 (including VAT) Pack 4 - £337,500 and £355,000 (including VAT)
Scope
- Reference
- DN791497
- Total value
- £696,600 excluding VAT£739,120 including VATBelow the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 26 Jan 2026 to 25 Jul 2027
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 98000000
- Contract locations
- Lewisham and Southwark, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engagement and Recruitment | Engagement with SMEs and social organisations | quality | 25.00% |
| Service Delivery | Method and proposals in terms of delivering the subject matter of the contract | quality | 30.00% |
| Outputs | The proposed outputs for the programme within the available financial envelope to deliver best value from the procurement | quality | 10.00% |
| Skills, Expertise and Resources | Skills and expertise to deliver the contract for Southwark Local Access Partnership in the way proposed in the tender submission. | quality | 15.00% |
| Monitoring and Evaluation | Methods for monitoring and evaluating the efficiency of the programme | quality | 10.00% |
| Social Value | Social Value proposal and method statement - evaluated as 4% for quantitative social value and 6% qualitative social value | quality | 10.00% |
| Service Delivery | Method and proposals in terms of delivering the subject matter of the contract. | quality | 30.00% |
| Skils, Expertise and Resources | Skills and expertise to deliver the contract for Southwark Council in the way proposed in the tender submission | quality | 15.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 16 Oct 2025, 11:00 pm
- Submission deadline
- 24 Oct 2025, 8:00 am
- Submission address
- Tenders must be submitted to via the Southwark eProcurement system:https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=2241eb95-058a-e511-80f7-000c29c9ba21&v=1
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition
Lots · 2 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | LAP Package 3 - Development | £359k | active |
| 4 | LAP Package 4 - Growth | £338k | active |