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Published 2 Dec 2025, 10:20 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Better Care Transformation Programme Consultancy

Official notice

Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG37)
Awarded value£500,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to ARCC-HR Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement 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.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: West Midlands
79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Dec 2025, 10:20 GMT
Last source update
5 May 2026, 15:02 BST
Authority reference
ASC160
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-041137
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG37)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec94 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

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.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 Dec 2025 → 5 May 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends308 days ago
    11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published163 days ago
    5 May 2026, 15:02 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    2 Dec 2025, 10:20 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    2 Dec 2025, 10:36 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    5 May 2026, 15:02 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jan 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ARCC-HR LtdSME1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2027Extensions: If work has not completed can be extended for another six months without financial increase.£500,0001 Dec 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Consultancy · ARCC-HR LtdSME

    Signed
    1 Jan 2026
    Value
    £500,000
    Period
    1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2027 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    If work is not completed by the contract end date then the contract may be extended by six months to allow the work to be completed without any additional finanical input. Note on the delay of publishing the notice and note on signature date above. The contract was not signed on the date listed above or within the 30 days required to publish this notice which has delayed the publishing of this contract details notice.
    3 agreed KPIs: BCF Review Diagnostic Report · BCF Gap Analysis and Funding Framework · Target Operating Model for HV
    • BCF Review Diagnostic Report
    • BCF Gap Analysis and Funding Framework
    • Target Operating Model for HV

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJHD-8764-YRJJ Sandwell Council House, Oldbury, West Midlands, B693DEContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ARCC HR LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09859800GB-PPON: PGTY-2472-GQRV Courtsey Of Ellis and Co, Chester, North West, CH1 2HTContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender