Official UK procurement notice
Consultant for Local Authority Residential Care Homes
Authority: Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC (Public body)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Wales (UKL15)
Published estimate£41,666£50,000 inc. VAT7.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 30 Oct 2025awarded 13 Nov 2025
Awarded to Practice Solutions Ltd
Contract term 3 moends 10 Feb 2026 · starts 10 Nov 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAward notice for the Consultant for Local Authority Residential Care Homes
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£41,666
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
- Condition of participation
As per tender document.
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 80%
- Commercial: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial : Total cost
- Technical : Four questions to assess as part of the technical submission.
Conditions of participation1
- Condition of participation
As per tender document.
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Oct 2025, 14:10 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2026, 15:01 GMT
- Authority reference
RCT38/25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061358- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a5f8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
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- Submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
1 Oct 2025 → 14 Jan 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published392 days ago1 Oct 2025, 14:10 BST
- Clarification questions by370 days ago23 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline363 days ago30 Oct 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Contract starts352 days ago10 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published287 days ago14 Jan 2026, 15:01 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2025- Tender notice published1 Oct 2025, 14:10 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published14 Jan 2026, 15:01 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete14 Jan 2026, 15:01 GMT
- Contract signature expected16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £38,5791 award exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice Solutions LtdSME17 Jan 2026 – 28 Feb 2026 | £38,579 | 13 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Practice SolutionsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender