Official UK procurement notice
CCHA-0290 Digital Transformation Partner Consultancy
Authority: Castles and Coasts Housing Association (Housing)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCCHA are seeking an experienced Digital Transformation Partner to provide a transformation management, design, and delivery, consultancy service. The successful Digital Transformation Partner will possess significant experience and expertise in partnering with organisations, in both a strategic and hands-on capacity, to successfully deliver Digital Transformation Programme benefits and outcomes, within a set budget and agreed timeframes.
The Digital Transformation Partner will have demonstrable experience in designing and delivering complex transformational change, underpinned by advancing technologies, in areas such as Property Maintenance, Housing & Tenancy Management, Customer Experience, Digital Self-Service, Workforce Optimisation and Income Management.
In addition, the successful Digital Transformation Partner will demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the legislative, regulatory and financial landscape for the sector.
It is anticipated the partner will provide a number of services throughout the transformation programme which will include the provision of resources to lead, advise and/or support a range of programme activity:
-Programme Governance
-Planning, Monitoring and Control of Programme & project delivery
-Customer experience research & journey mapping
-Blueprint design & delivery (incorporating business, application, data and infrastructure architectures)
-Process modelling and design, service design, and requirements elicitation and management
-Technical Design, Delivery & Assurance
-Programme Procurement Delivery
-Communications Strategy & Planning
-Change Management
-Learning & Development
-Resource Management
-Risk & Issue Management
-Quality and Assurance
-Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
-Benefits Realisation & Management
CCHA plan to conduct pre-market engagement and our tender may be modified as a result.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) - open invitation Stage 2 Invitation to Participate (ITP) - open to five (5) selected tenderers following PSQ evaluation Stage 3 Assessment and Interview - open to three (3) selected tenderers following Initial Tender evaluation Process described in the ITP enclosed with the PSQ.
CPV: Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services · Project management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: Contract will be awarded on the basis of Most Advantageous Tender on a mix of price and quality criteria described in the tender documentation.
- Quality: Contract will be awarded on the basis of Most Advantageous Tender on a mix of price and quality criteria described in the tender documentation.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Apr 2025, 10:55 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2025, 14:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
CCHA-0290- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036574- Accelerated
- Pre-selected tenderers - utilities/not central government
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd23Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) - open invitation
Stage 2 Invitation to Participate (ITP) - open to five (5) selected tenderers following PSQ evaluation
Stage 3 Assessment and Interview - open to three (3) selected tenderers following Initial Tender evaluation
Process described in the ITP enclosed with the PSQ.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 28 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 28 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Apr 2025 → 31 Oct 2025 · 10 dates- Planning notice published4 Apr 2025, 10:55 BST
- Market engagement18 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
CCHA are conducting preliminary market engagement (PME) for the purposes of;
A) Developing the requirements and approach to the procurement,
B) Designing a procedure, conditions of participation or award criteria,
C) Preparing the tender notice and associated tender documents,
D) Identifying likely contractual terms, and
to better understand the information prospective suppliers will require in order to bid.
CCHA would like to engage with suppliers with the following attributes:
- Experience of delivering transformation programmes in a transformation partner capacity within the last 5 years.
- Experience of designing and delivering complex transformational change which may include re-engineering services and processes, leveraging technologies in areas such as Property Maintenance, Housing & Tenancy Management, Customer Experience, Resident Self-Service, Workforce Optimisation and Income Management.
- Understanding of the social housing sector and it’s legal, regulatory and financial landscape.
Suppliers are invited to register their interest in the PME by by emailing [email protected] . Following this, we shall issue a PME questionnaire. Suppliers should return completed questionnaires by 12 noon on Friday 11th April 2025. Questionnaires submitted after this date may not be reviewed and CCHA shall not be responsible for errors made by organisations in submitting their responses. Clarification questions should be submitted to [email protected].
Following receipt of responses, CCHA intend to invite a selection of suppliers to discuss their responses via an MS Teams call on either Wednesday 16th April or Thursday 17th April. CCHA will notify suitable suppliers on Monday 14th April 2025. Participation in the PME will be at each organisations own cost and CCHA will not reimburse expenses for doing so.
CCHA reserve the right to curtail the PME if response rates are high, and reject offers of engagement if suppliers’ responses do not appear a close match to CCHA requirements. Participation or non-participation in the PME shall not preclude any suppliers from participating in any forthcoming tender, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.
- Next notice expected20 May 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 18:04 BST
- Submission deadline28 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by382 days ago8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent381 days ago10 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published378 days ago13 Oct 2025, 14:06 BST
- Standstill ends368 days ago22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts360 days ago31 Oct 2025
Notice history
10 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Apr 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Apr 2025, 10:55 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 18:04 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £500,0001 Jul 2025, 18:04 BSTwas £208,333
- Status changed to active1 Jul 2025, 18:04 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Jul 2025, 18:04 BST
- Buyer details updated1 Jul 2025, 18:04 BST
- Contract award notice published13 Oct 2025, 14:06 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Oct 2025, 14:06 BST
- Buyer details updated13 Oct 2025, 14:06 BST
- Contract signature expected24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altair Consultancy & Advisory Services Ltd24 Oct 2025 – 23 Oct 2027 | £500,000 | 8 Oct 2025standstill to 22 Oct 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 600000 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonALTAIR CONSULTANCY AND ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED · Greater London
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Castles and CoastsContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ALTAIR CONSULTANCY AND ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Digital Transformation Services Agreement - Contract terms that apply to the procurement.
- Bidding documents and specifications Procurement Specific Questionnaire - bidders are invited to submit PSQ responses by 17:00 BST 28 July 2025
- Bidding documents and specifications Digital Transformation Partner Invitation to Participate - This must not be completed until bidders are notified that they have passed the PSQ stage and been selected to bid.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender