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DPS for Voluntary, Charitable and Social Enterprises (VCSE’s) for ad hoc and lower value Goods, Services and Works

Details

Buyer: Orbit Group Ltd
Topic: Other community, social and personal services
Published: 10 March 2021
Submission: 30 April 2031in 5 years
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

This DPS is intended to be a platform to lower the barriers of entry and encourage VCSE’s (Voluntary, Charitable and Social Enterprises and similar organisations such as Sheltered Workshops (organisations employing disadvantaged workers) to tender for smaller and lower value goods, services and works in and outside of the wider public sector, where specific requirements and non-core work is required. Suppliers will need to click on 'register interest' to gain access to the documents and apply to be part of this DPS.  Suppliers are able to apply to be part of this DPS at any time whilst it remains live. Please see the attached documents for further information. There are 21 Lots on this DPS and the expected go-live date is 1st May 2021 Once live, use of this DPS will be available to the wider public sector and other sectors. Public sector organisations are as defined here <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide</a> Keywords: Community, Social

Timeline

Completed: Tender published10 March 2021
Current notice
Next: Submission date30 April 2031in 5 years

About the buyer

Orbit Group is a not-for-profit housing association building and maintaining homes across the Midlands, East and South of England. Orbit is a registered provider regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing. Tenders are advertised through the UK Government's Find a Tender Service under the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers register on the Central Digital Platform with a Gov.UK One Login account. Orbit's Pipeline Notice flags tender opportunities ahead of a formal launch. Bids for major contracts are shortlisted before moving to dialogue and negotiation stages. Quality counts for 60% of evaluation and price for 40%. Contractors register interest through Orbit's contractor partners portal.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of Orbit Group Ltd's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and IT services.