Official UK procurement notice
CWC26108 - Youth Engagement and Intervention Framework
Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement relates to the establishment of a multi-lot framework for violence prevention and intervention services. The framework will support the Council and its partners in delivering a public health approach to serious violence by commissioning
services focused on prevention, early intervention, community engagement and support for individuals at increased risk of becoming victims or perpetrators of violence.
Reservation of Competition
This procurement is reserved in accordance with the Local Government (Exclusion of Non commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026 and associated Government guidance
on reserving below-threshold competitions. Participation is restricted to:
Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs); and/or
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) that are established and/or operating within the City of Wolverhampton local area.
Bidders will be required to demonstrate both their eligibility as a VCSE and/or SME and their local presence within Wolverhampton. Organisations that do not meet these
requirements will not be eligible to participate in the procurement process.
CPV: Community action programme
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 1 Jul 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “CWC26108 - Youth Engagement and Intervention Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Wolverhampton City Council buys Social services (CPV 8532), and who usually turns up
Wolverhampton City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Social services (CPV 8532) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside West Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 139 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid29% / 0%
2–314% / 22%
4–629% / 6%
7+29% / 72%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8532Published estimate£520k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 88 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–313%
4–617%
7+64%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Aug 2026, 16:11 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2026, 16:15 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-087926- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e9e6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
21 Aug 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published61 days ago21 Aug 2026, 16:11 BST
- Latest notice published35 days ago16 Sept 2026, 16:15 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 10 days31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
This is the second round of the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) programme. The first PME event was held on 2 September and covered:
An overview of the proposed framework;
An introduction to the proposed lot structure;
The indicative procurement timetable, including anticipated publication, award and commencement dates; and
Details of the planned second and third PME events, including how providers can participate in future engagement activities.
The first event provided suppliers with an early opportunity to understand the Council's intentions and contribute to shaping the procurement approach through market engagement.
This PME event is scheduled for 02 October 2026 between 10:00am - 11:00am and will build upon the discussions held during the first session. The purpose of this event is to provide an update to the market on the changes made to the service specifications following the feedback and engagement received from providers during the initial PME event. Providers will also have a further opportunity to review the proposed changes, ask questions, and provide additional feedback to help inform the final procurement documentation.
Any organisation wishing to attend the PME session should ensure that their current contact details are sent to [email protected] with subject line CWC26108 Youth Engagement and Intervention Framework PME.
Organisations will be invited to attend the meeting via an online link, which will be distributed from the [email protected] email address.
- Contract startsin 252 days1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Aug 2026, 16:11 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Sept 2026, 16:15 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £520,00016 Sept 2026, 16:15 BSTwas £543,278
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender