DCMS Place-Based Philanthropy Plan - CoP Delivery Market Engagement
Estimated value
£1.0m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
10 Jun 2026
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Description
MARKET ENGAGEMENT ONLY All information contained and shared in this publication may be subject to change. This is not a call for competition or expressions of interest, but we would like interested suppliers to respond with any relevant feedback to these 4 documents. DCMS is planning to conduct a procurement of a delivery partner to establish and manage a national Community of Practice (CoP) for place-based organisations, as outlined in DCMS's place-based philanthropy plan, ‘Our Place to Give’. Interested suppliers should paste the link into their browser, and download a copy of each relevant document. This includes an outline of the engagement and appendix A: DCMS Statement of Requirements as well as appendix B Market Research and Appendix C: Price Response Template. Completed documents with feedback should be returned to: commercial@dcms.gov.uk by Monday 22nd June 2026, at 2.30pm referencing ‘105077 DCMS Place-Based Philanthropy Plan - CoP Delivery Market Engagement’ in the subject line. Link to supplier engagement documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10HZ2w6qIJAOIpWAZ5k-5e-zGNhci2Eys?usp=sharing
Scope
- Reference
- 105077
- Total value
- £1,000,000 excluding VAT£1,200,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Mar 2029Possible extension to 03 Jun 2030
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 7940000073000000
- Contract locations
- North East England, United KingdomNorth West England, United KingdomEast Midlands, United KingdomWest Midlands, United KingdomEast of England, United KingdomSouth East England, United KingdomSouth West England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)