Official UK procurement notice
Employee Counselling Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Sunderland City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North East (UKC23)
Framework ceiling (notional)£450,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 10 Sept 2025awarded 21 Oct 2025
Awarded to Sunderland Counselling Service
Framework period 3 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · starts 1 Oct 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSunderland City Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor to provide Counselling Services to its employees which is independent from the Council.
CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling 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 1 suppliers · 5 bids received (5.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Oct 2025
Published description of the framework
Prices will be determined by a 50-minute session rate cost.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£450,000
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
Lot awarding rule: The award criteria will consist of Price - 50%, Quality - 40% and Social Value - 10%
What this means for your bid
- “Employee Counselling Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
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
- 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
- 18 Aug 2025, 14:10 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Oct 2025, 12:06 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049512- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0589d0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 10 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
18 Aug 2025 → 30 Oct 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published18 Aug 2025, 14:10 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown10 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts388 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published358 days ago30 Oct 2025, 12:06 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Aug 2025- Tender notice published18 Aug 2025, 14:10 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published30 Oct 2025, 12:06 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete30 Oct 2025, 12:06 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastSuppliers appointed 11 award · see the list ↓
Bids received 55 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland Counselling ServiceSMEVCSE3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2028 | £450,000 | 21 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders · 7 at stage one | 5 | 3 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- SUNDERLAND COUNSELLING SERVICEFramework contractor
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