Official UK procurement notice
Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Supported Living Services
Authority: Pembrokeshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPembrokeshire County Council (PCC) and on behalf of the Hywel Dda University Health Board are issuing a tender for a Dynamic Purchasing System for Supported Living Services comprising of both Community and Household Care and Support.
The approximate Hywel Dda University Health Board contract value and approximate Housing Related Support Grant contract value has been included within this notice.
The value provided is per annum.
- Recurrence: DPS term - 01/04/2025 - 23/02/2029. Providers are permitted to apply at any point during its term.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Social work and related services · Social work services with accommodation · Social work services without accommodation
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Market period
3 yrs 11 mo from 1 Apr 2025, Dynamic Purchasing System - There is no limit to the number of providers appointed to the DPS. Providers are permitted to apply at any time.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The purpose of this Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is to provide Supported Living…Published value£17,512,132
The purpose of this Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is to provide Supported Living Services for citizens of Pembrokeshire with an assessed need.
This may include packages where service users are eligible for support through the Housing Support Grant to ‘prevent people from becoming homeless, stabilise their housing situation, or help potentially homeless people to find and keep accommodation.'
This arrangement will impose the following special conditions:
- Minimum of Real Living Wage payment for all Support Workers
- Pay those delivering support using their own vehicle a minimum of and 45 pence per mile.
- Shift based pay – flat rate of pay for travel, training and contact time
This arrangement also includes a rate provider payment model as well as mini competition in exceptional circumstances.
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).
- Suitability
Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) Registration for all providers who meet the criteria under RISCA ‘Guide to Registration’
- Technical & professional ability
As per tender documents
- “Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Supported Living Services” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Pembrokeshire County Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Pembrokeshire County 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: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
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 registered in Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).
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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 47 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 bid0% / 3%
2–317% / 10%
4–623% / 21%
7+60% / 66%
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 #1The purpose of this Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is to provide Supported Living…Published estimate£18m
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–310%
4–69%
7+82%
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quayside Care LimitedWorked for this buyer | Q1,2,3 - 111 Package awardednotice published Oct 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Care At Home PembrokeshireWorked for this buyer | Q1,2,3 - 111 Package awardednotice published Oct 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| WESTERN WELSH COMMUNITY CARE LTDWorked for this buyer | Q1,2,3 - 111 Package awardednotice published Oct 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Croeso Care LtdWorked for this buyer | Q1,2,3 - 111 Package awardednotice published Oct 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Care Wales (Gofal Cymru)Worked for this buyer | Q1,2,3 - 111 Package awardednotice published Oct 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 awards in 36m · last 21 months ago | 2 live · £1.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 5 awards in 36m · last 31 months ago | 5 live · £6.6m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 30 months ago | 1 live · £555k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 3 awards in 36m · last 25 months ago | 3 live · £280k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 3 awards in 36m · last 33 months ago | 3 live · £792k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · DPS term - 01/04/2025 - 23/02/2029. Providers are permitted to apply at any point during its term.
- First published
- 2 Dec 2024, 11:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2025, 16:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Feb 2029 – …
- Authority reference
PROC/2425/091- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012343- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c167Find a Tender
- Performance terms
As per tender documents
Publisher note: NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=149516 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: Targeted recruitment and training (WA Ref:149516) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via JaggaerTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Admission period ends
- 22 Feb 2029, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 22 Feb 2029, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Dec 2024 → 22 Feb 2029 · 5 dates- Next notice expected13 Dec 2024
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published1 Apr 2025, 16:08 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown22 Feb 2029, 14:00 GMT
- Bids opened22 Feb 2029, 14:00 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Dec 2024- Published value updated to £17,512,13220 Dec 2024, 14:57 GMTwas £17,320,404
- Status changed to active20 Dec 2024, 14:57 GMT
- Procurement method changed20 Dec 2024, 14:57 GMT
- Deadline published: 3 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT20 Dec 2024, 14:57 GMT
- Deadline moved to 22 Feb 2029, 14:00 GMT1 Apr 2025, 16:08 BST+1480 days · was 3 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Hywel Dda University Health BoardContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria