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17037 - PFI Technical Advisor

Buyer: Knowsley Council →

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BuyerKnowsley Council
StatusClosed
Deadline5 Jun 2026
Value£160,000
Published8 May 2026

What is being bought

The Authority requires a lead financial and commercial advisory role for the BSF project with particular focus upon the Payment Mechanism.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000Education and training services 80000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£160,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — Quality (including Social Value). (70%)
Price — Price (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Education and training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (72000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 723,6001 median · 7.9 average (1,129 of 3,600 with a bid count)1.7 average (1,287 of 3,600 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,1101 median · 11.1 average (318 of 1,110 with a bid count)2.4 average (380 of 1,110 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2975 median · 6.6 average (9 of 297 with a bid count)1 average (9 of 297 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06952f
Latest release ID042765-2026
Latest release timestampFri May 08 2026 19:50:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042765-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-06-05T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-05-29T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailswww.the-chest.org.uk
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£160,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 May 2026tender042765-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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