UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

National Citizen Service Trust ((the “Authority”) is seeking to appoint up to two suppliers each delivering approximately 11,500 Residential Experiences for young people per annum. The Residential Experiences are trips away from home, where young people are taken out of their usual context and engage in youth-led project-based challenges that deliver NCST strategic outcomes for young people as follows: • Life skills & independent living; • Employability & work readiness; and • Volunteering & social action (which enables social mixing) The purpose of this Contract Notice is to invite potential suppliers to: • Tender for Lot 1 (Provision of Residential Experiences in North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands ) • Tender for Lot 2 (Residential Experiences in West Midlands, South West, East of England, South East and London ) The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award a single contract for both Lots, the details of the process of which will be provided in the invitation to tender.

The purpose of this Contract Notice is to alert potential suppliers to an opportunity. This notice seeks proposals for the provision of grantmaking strategic advisory services for National Citizen Service Trust (the “Authority”). This is the first time that the Authority is grant-funding the delivery of experiences for young people and forms a major part of the organisation’s strategy to work more closely with the youth sector and deliver impact with young people across England. The strategic adviser will support the Authority with expert advice on how to design its grants and where to upskill and build capacity as a grantmaker. In addition, they will also be engaging directly with and promoting opportunities to the youth sector. Context: The Authority’s vision is of a country of connected, confident, and caring citizens where everyone feels at home. For over a decade, and for around three quarters of a million young people, the Authority has already had an incredible impact. The Authority has defined a new strategy that includes giving young people the choice and flexibility in how they experience the Authority. A network of partners will be commissioned to deliver a range of experiences services for young people – including residential experiences as well as community-based programmes closer to home. Over the past 12 years of commissioning, the Authority has learnt a lot about what approaches work for the youth sector, and what drives impact for young people. the Authority will therefore be grant-funding our community-based experiences. Given this is new activity for the organisation, the Authority is procuring a strategic adviser to support its grantmaking activities, to help ensure the greatest chance of success.

National Citizen Service (NCS) is the country's fastest-growing youth movement, a rite of passage for all teenagers aged 15-17 to discover who they are and what they can do. Nearly 500,000 young people have already taken part. Find out more at https://wearencs.com/ NCS currently has the following opportunity for the provision of an event venue and accommodation. The NCS Trust has identified a requirement for an event venue and accommodation, over two separate dates. The first is to occur on 6th and 7th December 2022, and the second on the 9th and 10th May 2023. NCS Trust thereby seeks to hold the two events and accommodation in the same venue. If you are interested in bidding for this opportunity, please register on the NCS Supplier Portal at https://ncs.bravosolution.co.uk Once you are registered then click on 'ITT's open to all Suppliers' and select ITT 148 Event Venue Hire and Accommodation December 2022 - May 2023, then click the 'express an interest' button to gain access to the relevant documents. If you are having technical difficulties with the system please contact Bravo Solutions by Phone: 0800 069 8630 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk If you are having trouble accessing the correct opportunity please email procurement@ncstrust.co.uk If you require further clarification regarding the opportunity please use the message function within the supplier portal within the prescribed deadline. The closing date is 22nd September 2022, 16:00 Additional information: The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

This procurement is for the initial & ongoing appointment of Potential Supplier(s) to the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Digital Experience(s) services as described in Schedule 1 Services Description document (the “Services”) to The Authority (National Citizen Service Trust-NCST) and its customers (Young People/Person(s)). Potential Supplier(s) shall design & provide outcomes-based digital experiences against one or more of the Service Categories and theme objectives as stated in Schedule 1 - Services Description with a primary focus the theme objectives as listed below. Potential Supplier(s) shall have the opportunity to apply for one or more of the following Service Category(s) across the theme objectives: Service Category(s): 1. Service Category 1–Self Serve/Self Navigated 2. Service Category 2–Interactive 3. Service Category 3–Broadcast Theme Objectives: 1. Providing opportunities for volunteering and social action 2. Building employability and work readiness 3. Developing life skills and supporting independent living 4. Providing opportunities for social mixing (either underpin one of the above themes, or as a theme in its own right) The service options are to be determined at the Call-Off Competition Stage. Service Options: 1. Stage of Development -Already in existence, Plan/idea stage 2. Hosting - Content only offers, to host on MyNCS and/or NCS website, Supplier’s platform or elsewhere 3. Length of Interaction-one off, Serialised or ongoing The DPS will be split into two stages: Stage 1 (Accessing the DPS)–during the Initial Selection Stage, suppliers will be invited to join the DPS, all Potential Supplier(s) who meet the Selection Criteria within the Supplier Selection Questionnaire (SSQ) will be admitted onto the DPS. Stage 2 (Call-Off Competition Stage) - once admitted onto the DPS, Supplier(s) will be able to tender for Call-Off Contract. Note: Please ensure all Potential Supplier(s) review the DPS Flyer within NCST e-Tendering portal Bravosolutions once you have logged into project 271 (PQQ 37) and can be found using this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o1tMPbbmyR7eWT3prsRBWFLLDiBH3yJ6/view

National Citizen Service Trust (NCS) is a Government-backed youth programme for 16 and 17 year olds that exists to engage, unite and empower young people, building their confidence so they can go out there and achieve their dreams, no matter where they're from or what their background is. Our vision is to create a country of connected, confident and caring citizens where everyone feels at home. You can find out more about NCS via https://wearencs.com/. NCS has a requirement for the assessment of NCS's products to ensure they are being delivered to the required standard. As the product lines expand and numbers grow, there is a growing importance to ensure programme quality and continuous improvement. To ensure NCS are able to assess the quality of delivery of our products to the level of detail, scrutiny and scale required, NCS requires a separate specialist organisation to assess the quality of the delivery of the products through assessments. If you are interested in bidding for this opportunity, please register on the NCS Supplier Portal at https://ncs.bravosolution.co.uk. Once you are registered, click on 'ITTs open to all Suppliers' and select 'ITT_150 Quality Assurance Assessment Provider', then click the 'express an interest' button to gain access to the relevant documents. If you are having technical difficulties, regarding the system, please contact Bravo Solutions by Phone - 0800 069 8630 or Email - help@bravosolution.co.uk. If you are having trouble accessing the correct opportunity, please email procurement@ncstrust.org.uk If you require further clarifications regarding the opportunity, please use the message function within the supplier portal within the prescribed deadline. The closing date is 27/01/23 at 10:00 Additional information: The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free if charge at

National Citizens Service (NCS) is the country's fastest growing youth movement, for all teenagers aged 15-17 to discover who they are and what they can do. More than 700,000 young people have taken part in NCS since its inception, completing over 15 million hours of community based social action, and gaining priceless life experiences. NCS have outsourced the delivery of the NCS programme activities to external parties across the residential, digital, and community experiences. Whilst the delivery responsibility rests with external parties, NCS retains full accountability for ensuring that the service provision is delivered inline with all appropriate legislative and NCS policy requirements. As such, NCS are looking to secure a Supplier to work closely and collaboratively in ensuring all aspects of safety are being delivered to the right standard at all times, across all services lines. As the product lines expand and numbers grow, there is an increasing importance to ensure safety and continuous improvement. To ensure NCS are able to assess the safety of our products to the level of detail, scrutiny and scale required, NCS requires a separate specialist organisation to assess the safety of service lines through assessments and support. If you are interested in bidding for this opportunity, please register on the NCS Supplier Portal at https://ncs.bravosolution.co.uk. Once you are registered, click on 'ITTs open to all Suppliers' and select 'ITT_155 Emergency Response Support Services', then click the 'express an interest' button to gain access to the relevant documents. If you are having technical difficulties, regarding the system, please contact Bravo Solutions by Phone - 0800 069 8630 or Email - help@bravosolution.co.uk. If you are having trouble accessing the correct opportunity, please email procurement@ncstrust.org.uk If you require further clarifications regarding the opportunity, please use the message function within the supplier portal within the prescribed deadline. The closing date is 28/07/23 at 10:00 Additional information: The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full access, free of charge, at:

NCS Trust is seeking to procure Mentoring Services to continue to support the delivery of quality mentoring opportunities to young people aged 16-17 years in areas of need and to test activities that reflect NCS outcomes and priorities e.g., working with community-based partners and schools, mental health, links between enrichment/youth provision and school attendance.

NCS Trust is seeking to procure Mentoring Services to continue to support the delivery of quality mentoring opportunities to young people aged 16-17 years in areas of need and to test activities that reflect NCS outcomes and priorities e.g., working with community-based partners and schools, mental health, links between enrichment/youth provision and school attendance. Additional information: Please refer to contract notice published via FTS, the link is stated below: