Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 20 Feb 2026, 12:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Cyfleoedd Gwasanaeth Dydd a Gwaith Anableddau Dysgu Cyngor Sir y Fflint (Gogledd-orllewin) / Flintshire County Council Learning Disability Day and Work Service Opportunities (NW)

Authority: Flintshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2031 · up to 31 Aug 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Mae Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn rhannu’r hysbysiad hwn i ganfod faint o ddiddordeb sydd yn y farchnad i ddarparu’r gwasanaeth/gwasanaethau a fanylir isod cyn cynnal ymarfer tendro llawn.

Os ydych chi’n teimlo bod gennych y wybodaeth a’r arbenigedd i ddarparu’r gwasanaeth hwn, cysylltwch â [email protected]

Cyfleoedd gwasanaeth dydd a gwaith – anableddau dysgu a/neu awtistiaeth (oedolion)

Mae Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn ceisio caffael gwasanaethau darparwr at ddibenion darparu gwasanaethau cefnogi cyfleoedd dydd a gwaith anableddau dysgu ar gyfer oedolion yn ardal Gogledd-orllewin Sir y Fflint. Disgwylir y bydd cefnogaeth yn cael ei darparu mewn modd sy’n hyrwyddo annibyniaeth ac yn gwneud y gorau o ganlyniadau a bydd yn cael ei darparu yn unol â deddfwriaethau perthnasol, megis Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014 a Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015.

Bydd y gwasanaeth yn darparu cyfleoedd gwasanaeth dydd a gwaith i oedolion ag anableddau dysgu a/neu anghenion cymorth awtistiaeth, yn cynnwys unigolion ag anghenion cymorth cymhleth. Bydd angen y ddarpariaeth gwasanaeth i hwyluso ystod eang o gyfleoedd gwasanaeth dydd a gwaith i fodloni’r anghenion cymorth a nodwyd a buddiannau mynychwyr y gwasanaeth arfaethedig. Bydd y gwasanaeth yn gweithio ar y cyd gyda budd-ddeiliaid i sicrhau bod y gwasanaethau a ddarperir yn adlewyrchu anghenion a buddiannau mynychwyr y gwasanaeth. Bydd y darparwr yn darparu cefnogaeth o ansawdd uchel gyda phersonél profiadol sydd â sgiliau priodol i ddarparu gwasanaeth sy’n cynrychioli gwerth am arian ac sy’n darparu canlyniadau a nodwyd i fodloni anghenion y boblogaeth leol.

Yn seiliedig ar lefelau darparu gwasanaeth presennol, rhagwelir y bydd angen i unrhyw wasanaeth arfaethedig bod â’r gallu i ddarparu cymorth i oddeutu 100 o unigolion. Er gwybodaeth, mae’r gwasanaeth presennol yn darparu dros 200 o ‘gysylltiadau’ bob wythnos ac mae ganddo’r gallu i ddarparu ar gyfer rhwng 50-60 o unigolion bob dydd yn y gwasanaeth. Mae’r gwasanaeth presennol hefyd yn darparu cymorth gyda’r nos a dros y penwythnos a bydd angen i unrhyw fodel gwasanaeth yn y dyfodol fod â’r gallu i atgynhyrchu’r elfen hon o’r cynnig gwasanaeth.

Disgwylir y bydd unrhyw ddarpar ddarparwr gwasanaeth hefyd yn berchen ar neu â mynediad at yr isadeiledd angenrheidiol yn nhermau staffio a’r eiddo corfforol sydd ei angen i ddarparu’r cymorth gofynnol. Fel y nodwyd uchod, mae gan nifer sylweddol o fynychwyr y gwasanaeth presennol anghenion cymorth cymhleth a byddai’n hanfodol sicrhau parhad mewn cefnogaeth a sicrhau bod eu trefniadau cymorth presennol yn cael eu hwyluso gyda’r amhariad lleiaf fel sy’n ymarferol wrth drosglwyddo darparwr gwasanaeth.

Disgwylir y bydd yr elfen hon o ddarpariaeth gwasanaeth wedi’i lleoli yn ardal Gogledd-orllewin Sir y Fflint. Bydd hyn yn ategu gwasanaethau cefnogi cyfleoedd dydd a gwaith anableddau dysgu presennol eraill i oedolion o fewn Sir y Fflint ac yn sicrhau dosbarthiad cytbwys o wasanaethau cyfleoedd dydd a gwaith o fewn ardal yr awdurdod lleol. Er y disgwylir y bydd lleoliad(au) corfforol y gwasanaeth wedi’i lleoli yn ardal Gogledd-orllewin Sir y Fflint, bydd cyfeiriadau ar agor i holl breswylwyr Sir y Fflint sy’n bodloni’r meini prawf cymhwyso ar gyfer y gwasanaeth.

Flintshire County Council are posting this notice to ascertain the level of interest in the market to provide the service/s detailed below in advance of a full tender exercise potentially being carried out.

If you feel you have the knowledge and expertise to deliver this service, please contact [email protected]

Day and work service opportunities – learning disabilities and/or autism (adults)

Flintshire County Council seeks to procure the services of a provider for the purposes of providing learning disability day and work opportunities support services for adults in the North West locality of Flintshire. It will be expected that support will be delivered in a manner that promotes independence, maximises outcomes and is delivered in accordance with relevant legislation, such as the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

The service will provide day and work service opportunities for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism support needs, including individuals with complex support needs. The service provision will be required to facilitate a wide range of day and work service opportunities to meet the identified support needs and interests of attendees to the prospective service. The service will work collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure that the services provided reflects the needs and interests of the attendees of the services. The provider will deliver high quality support with appropriately skilled and experienced personnel to provide a service that represents value for money and delivers identified outcomes to meet the needs of the local population.

Based on current service delivery levels it is anticipated that any prospective service would need to have the capacity to provide support for approximately 100 individuals. For reference, the current service provides in excess of 200 ‘contacts’ per week and has the capacity to accommodate between 50-60 individuals per day at the service. The current service also provides evening and weekend support and any future service model will require the capacity to replicate this element of the service offering.

It is expected that any prospective service provider will also either own or have access to the necessary infrastructure both in terms of staffing and the physical premises required to deliver the requisite support. As noted above, a considerable number of attendees to the current service have complex support needs and it would be imperative to ensure continuity of support and that their present support arrangements are facilitated with as minimal disruption as is feasible in the event of a transfer of service provider.

There is an expectation that this element of service provision will be based in the NW locality area of Flintshire. This will compliment other existing learning disability day and work opportunities support services for adults within Flintshire and ensure a balanced distribution of day and work opportunities services within the local authority area. Although it is expected that the physical location/s for the services will be based in the NW locality of Flintshire, referrals will be open to all residents of Flintshire that meet the eligibility criteria for the service.

CPV: Adult and other education services · Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Vocational training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2036 with extensions
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Flintshire County Council buys Vocational training services (CPV 8053), and who usually turns up

Flintshire County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Vocational training services (CPV 8053) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerFlintshire County Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 12 of 19 known-size awards · market: CPV 8053 · UK-wide, n=65
63%55%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 30 of 51 known-location awards · market: CPV 8053 · UK-wide, n=81
59%33%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 decided notices · market: CPV 8053 · UK-wide, n=13
22 days34 days

Half of these awards were announced within 22 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 13 of 42 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8053 · UK-wide, n=111
31%64%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer34 lots with bid counts · all categories
18% had one bid
The market10 lots with bid counts · CPV 8053 · UK-wide
30% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid18% / 30%
Buyer: 6 of 34 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
2–347% / 20%
Buyer: 16 of 34 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
4–632% / 20%
Buyer: 11 of 34 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
7+3% / 30%
Buyer: 1 of 34 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer6 lots with estimate and award · all categories
0% below estimate
The market10 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8053 · UK-wide
50% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate0% / 50%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%83% / 50%
Buyer: 5 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17% / 0%
Buyer: 1 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 805360 monthsSME suitableNo real estimate
Expected competition
i

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 54 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet19% single-bid risk
Past bids on 54 similar lots
1 bid19%
10 of 54 similar past lots received 1 bid (19%).
2–337%
20 of 54 similar past lots received 2–3 (37%).
4–628%
15 of 54 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+17%
9 of 54 similar past lots received 7+ (17%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No real estimate
The buyer published £1 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

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.

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.

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
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
20 Feb 2026, 12:14 GMT
Last source update
20 Feb 2026, 12:14 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-015640
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Adult and other education servicesHealth and social work servicesOther community, social and personal servicesVocational training services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065923 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 Feb 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published243 days ago
    20 Feb 2026, 12:14 GMT
  2. Market engagement198 days ago
    6 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

    Ar hyn o bryd mae gan Gyngor Sir y Fflint wasanaeth mewn lle i ddarparu gwasanaethau dydd o ansawdd uchel ac eisiau darganfod a fyddai gan ddarparwyr eraill yn y farchnad y gallu i ddarparu’r gwasanaeth hwn. Bydd hyn yn helpu’r Cyngor i benderfynu a fyddai proses dendro gystadleuol neu ddyfarniad uniongyrchol posibl y llwybr mwyaf priodol i’r farchnad.

    Os oes gan eich sefydliad y capasiti a’r gallu i ddarparu’r gwasanaeth a ddisgrifir yn adran disgrifiad prosiect yr hysbysiad hwn, cyflwynwch ddatganiad o ddiddordeb i [email protected]. Dylai eich cais amlinellu, er enghraifft, sut fydd eich sefydliad yn gallu darparu’r gwasanaeth hwn.

    Anfonwch eich datganiad o ddiddordeb at [email protected] erbyn 6 Ebrill 2026.

    Flintshire County Council currently has a service in place to deliver high quality day services and is seeking to understand whether additional providers in the market have the capability to deliver this service. This will help the Council determine whether a competitive tender process or a potential direct award would be the most appropriate route to market.

    If your organisation has the capacity and capability to deliver the service described in the project description section of this notice, please submit an expression of interest to [email protected]. Your submission should outline, for example, how your organisation is equipped to provide this service.

    Please send your expression of interest to [email protected] by 6th of April 2026

  3. Tender notice expected112 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts51 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    20 Feb 2026, 12:14 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Flintshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PNJC-2356-PCDV Ty Dewi Sant , Flintshire, Wales, CH7 6NAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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