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# Better Care Transformation Programme Consultancy

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/better-care-transformation-programme-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05ec94). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: "Better Care Transformation Programme Consultancy". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000028)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKG37
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/better-care-transformation-programme-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05ec94#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05ec94`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/better-care-transformation-programme-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05ec94#tl-md)

## Description
Direct Award Procurement of specialist consultancy services. 
This service will provide operational and analytical capacity to undertake a strategic review of the current Better Care Fund BCF programme. The term of the commission will be 52 weeks from the award date with the option of a further 26 weeks.
The new agreement builds directly upon diagnostic findings, financial modelling, and service redesign work already completed by ARCC in 2025.
A direct award is considered justified and lawful under the Procurement Act 2023 (Chapter 3, Section 41 and Schedule 5, paragraph 7), which permits award to an existing supplier where a change in supplier would result in disproportionate technical or operational difficulties, duplication of costs, or incompatibility with existing work.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ARCC HR LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-28914`
  - Value: £500,000
  - Date: 01/12/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Consultancy (active)
  - Signed Value: £500,000
  - Signed Date: 01/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041137-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-05T14:02:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T01:04:46.061Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05ec94