Official UK procurement notice
Emergency Support Worker Staff
Authority: Wrexham County Borough Council (Local council)
Re-procurement plannedEmergency Support Worker Staff · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK7 - Contract Details Notice - Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) has statutory responsibilities to safeguard, support and promote the wellbeing of adults, children, young people and families, in line with relevant legislation and guidance. This includes ensuring the continuity and resilience of frontline services in situations where urgent staffing support is required. WCBC invited tenders from suitably experienced, qualified and regulated agencies for the provision of emergency staff support to assist both Adult Social Care and Children and Family Services at short notice. This support may be required to respond to unexpected service pressures, unplanned absences, increased demand, or critical incidents. The framework will enable the Council to rapidly access appropriately skilled and competent staff to meet essential service delivery needs. In emergency situations, requests for staff support may be required at less than 24 hours’ notice, including outside of standard working hours. Appointed providers must demonstrate their ability to supply suitably trained, vetted and experienced staff within agreed timescales, and in full compliance with safeguarding duties, regulatory standards, employment legislation, and relevant professional requirements for working with adults and/or children. The framework will cover the provision of emergency social care and support staff to assist Adult Social Care and Children’s Services within Wrexham County Borough Council. On occasion, staff may also be required to work outside of the county where this supports statutory duties or continuity of care. Staff supplied under this framework may be required to work across a range of service areas, including but not limited to: Emergency Duty Team (EDT) Provision of urgent, out-of-hours cover for adults and children during evenings, weekends and bank holidays, including responding to safeguarding concerns, crisis situations and statutory duties. -Children and Young People’s Services (CYP) Daytime and emergency social care support, including child protection activity, care and support planning, family intervention, and rapid deployment of staff to maintain safe care arrangements during periods of increased demand or unplanned absence.Adult Social Care Services Emergency and short notice support across adult services, including safeguarding, hospital discharge support, crisis intervention, and continuity of care for adults with care and support needs.Residential and Supported Living Settings Emergency staffing provision within children’s residential homes and adult residential or supported living settings operating on a 24/7 basis, where immediate cover is required to maintain safe staffing levels or respond to unplanned situations.Family and Community Support Services Practical and emotional support delivered in the home or community to stabilise families, support carers, prevent escalation of needs, and assist adults, children and young people with additional or complex needs.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 14 Oct 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Social work and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 13 bids received (4.3 per place) · 3 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Jul 2026
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- The contract value is dependent on call off. There are no Fees to the supplier
Published description of the framework
Ranked Framework - the contact values are reflective of the budget rather than call offs. Values of contracts are dependent on call off
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£745,854
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Commercial
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Emergency Support Worker Staff” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- Yes · next expected 14 Oct 2030
- First published
- 24 Apr 2026, 14:26 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2026, 11:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
Proc-25-90- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037632- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068ac9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 22 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 13 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · The contract value is dependent on call off. There are no Fees to the supplier
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itt_124394 - Proc-25-90 Emergency Support Worker Staff
project_62881 - Emergency Support Worker Staff
Timeline
24 Apr 2026 → 15 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published181 days ago24 Apr 2026, 14:26 BST
- Clarification questions by162 days ago13 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends153 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown22 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by124 days ago19 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts113 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent79 days ago4 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends69 days ago13 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published37 days ago15 Sept 2026, 11:55 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Apr 2026- Tender notice published24 Apr 2026, 14:26 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published4 Aug 2026, 12:02 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Aug 2026, 12:02 BST
- Contract signature expected21 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Sept 2026, 11:55 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AESN LimitedSME, BLACK AND GOLD SERVICES LTDSME, BLUESTONES MEDICAL RECRUITMENT LIMITEDSMEProc-25-90 Emergency Short Notice Care Service1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030Extensions: 2 years in annual increments | £3,200,000 | 3 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,200,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Emergency Short Notice Care Service · AESN LimitedSME, BLACK AND GOLD SERVICES LTDSME, BLUESTONES MEDICAL RECRUITMENT LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 years in yearly increments
Emergency Short Notice Care Service
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 years in yearly increments
Emergency Short Notice Care Service
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 years in yearly increments
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13final-stage tenders | 10 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- AESN LIMITEDFramework contractor
- BLACK AND GOLD SERVICES LTDFramework contractor
- BLUESTONES MEDICAL RECRUITMENT LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender