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Published 5 Aug 2024, 15:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

A483 Llandeilo and Ffairfach Employer's Agent and Professional Services

Official notice

Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£7,500,000≈ £682k / year6.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Sept 2024awarded 23 Jun 2025
Awarded to ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED
Contract term 11 yrsends 31 Oct 2035 · starts 1 Nov 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is an award notice following the conclusion of an open tender for a contract for the provision of Employer's Agent services for the delivery of the Llandeilo bypass scheme.

CPV: Architectural and related services · Construction consultancy services · Construction management services · Construction supervision services · Engineering services · Laboratory services · Project management consultancy services · Site-investigation services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services · Urban planning and landscape architectural services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This is an award notice following the conclusion of a restricted procedureAwarded 11 yrs

This is an award notice following the conclusion of a restricted procedure. The opportunity is closed to expressions of interest and bids. The Consultant will provide support to the Welsh Government (WG) throughout the development and delivery of the Llandeilo bypass scheme. Support is to be provided through all relevant WG Key Stages - 3, 4, and 6. In addition, individuals are to be appointed from within the Consultant to act as the NEC4 Project Manager and NEC4 Supervisor for the scheme. The preferred route for the new road can be found here: www.gov.wales/a483-llandeilo-and-f… ↗. Additional information: This is an award notice following the conclusion of a restricted procedure tender.

Contract period: 1 Nov 2024 – 31 Oct 2035 (11 yrs)
Delivery: Wales · Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire.
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Refer to tender documentation.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Aug 2024, 15:45 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2025, 11:57 BST
Authority reference
C062/2024/2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061641
Classification (CPV)
Architectural and related servicesConstruction consultancy servicesConstruction management servicesConstruction supervision servicesEngineering servicesLaboratory servicesProject management consultancy servicesSite-investigation servicesTechnical testing, analysis and consultancy servicesUrban planning and landscape architectural services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0487bb Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Refer to tender documentation.

Publisher note: This is a contract award notice following the conclusion of a restricted tender process. The opportunity is not open to expressions of interest or bids. (WA Ref:153045)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Submission deadline
16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en, cy
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Sept 2024 → 2 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    25 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Nov 2024
  4. Notice published386 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 11:57 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Oct 2025, 11:57 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £7,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 41 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED£7,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Gwasanaethau Caffael Corfforaethol / Corporate Procurement Services, Parc Cathays / Cathays Park, Caerdydd / Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3NQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria