# Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise \(VCSE\) Strategic Capacity

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Staffordshire County Council](/buyers/staffordshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Staffordshire Council of Voluntary Youth Services \(SCVYS\)
- Award value: £2,375,820
- Tender value: £4,269,700
- Award date: 31 May 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 August 2016
- Contract end: 31 July 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f018251c-133f-44f2-a037-8f5a217715b7-116418
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6514911b-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Staffordshire County Council has commissioned a VCSE Strategic Capacity Building Partner to identify and develop together creative and innovative ways to support and develop the VCSE sector\. The Council wants to develop a new type of relationship with the VCSE sector based on building capacity in line with the Council’s priority outcomes\. This will be a strategic partnership that will: • Build capacity in the local VCSE sector in a targeted way, focusing on prevention, early help and local need\. • Provide strong leadership, working in partnership with other infrastructure organisations locally and effectively supporting the Council to deliver its priorities\. • Ensure the Council can work effectively with the VCSE sector to co-design commissioning strategies and community based approaches\. • Support the local VCSE sector to be sustainable and lead on bringing additional funding into Staffordshire\. One economic operator has been appointed and there will be one contract lot across the area of Staffordshire, excluding Stoke-on-Trent\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f018251c-133f-44f2-a037-8f5a217715b7-116418)