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Published 29 Sept 2026, 17:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Engagement, Customer Feedback and Co-production Support for Adult Social Care

Authority: City of York Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£75,000≈ £50k / year · £90,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 21 Oct 202612:00 BST · 21d 18h left
Clarification cut-off 14 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yr 6 mostarts 9 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 4division 85 · n=3 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

City of York Council Adult Social Care (ASC) is undertaking a programme of improvement following the recent assessment by the Care Quality Commission.

ASC is seeking to commission a provider to support improvements in engagement, customer feedback and co-production. This will include working with people with lived experience to understand the current landscape and co-produce a more sustainable and effective approach to engagement and participation.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 1 yr 6 moSMEVCSEPublished value£75,000
Contract period: 9 Nov 2026 — 8 May 2028 (1 yr 6 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: Yorkshire & HumberTurnover guideline: ~£100,099/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£75,000 exc. VAT · £90,000 inc. VAT
85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids are scored

The authority will select the most advantageous tender using a Quality:Price ratio of 70:30. Further detail is included in the tender pack.

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How City of York Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85) — and who usually turns up

City of York Council’s own published record, next to the Yorkshire and the Humber market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

City of York Council

contract notices in 36 months: 17 in division 85 (5 without competition · 2 route not published) · 116 in all categories (16 without competition · 21 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 3 lots. All 3 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

4division 85 · 36m · n=3 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 3 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%division 85 · 36m · n=3 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 30 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateall categories · 36m · n=30 pairs
Deadline → award date
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.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

40dall categories · 36m · n=9 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 141 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=141 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 15 notices.

Last 36 months.

33%division 85 · 36m · n=15 notices
Bids per lot moderate · n=3
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 3 lots on 3 contested notices · division 85, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 33%
  • 4–6 67%
  • 7+ 0%

Middle value 4 · 3 lots on 3 contested notices · division 85.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=30
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 30 lot pairs · all categories, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 43%
  • Within ±2% 30%
  • Above estimate 27%

30 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

Yorkshire and the Humber · Health and social work services (CPV 85)

contract notices delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber in 36 months: 2,621 in division 85 (619 competed, 346 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 450 lots. 157 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 293 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3division 85 · 36m · n=450 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 450 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

25%division 85 · 36m · n=450 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 255 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimatedivision 85 · 36m · n=255 pairs
Deadline → award date
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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 144 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

43ddivision 85 · 36m · n=144 notices
SME bidders
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 245 lots.

Last 36 months.

63%division 85 · 36m · n=245 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 3,652 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

83%division 85 · 36m · n=3,652 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=450
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 450 lots on 373 contested notices · division 85, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 25%
  • 2–3 32%
  • 4–6 26%
  • 7+ 17%

Middle value 3 · 450 lots on 373 contested notices · division 85.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=255
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 255 lot pairs · division 85, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 22%
  • Within ±2% 69%
  • Above estimate 9%

255 lot pairs · division 85.

robust · n=30
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 30 lots (all categories), applied to the £75,000 estimate on this notice.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in City of York Council (all categories, n=30 pairs) lands at estimate: on this notice’s £75,000 that is about £75,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Sept 2026, 17:14 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 17:14 BST
Authority reference
100112750
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cf2 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)
Submission portal named on this notice: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗ Tender 100112750 - Engagement, Customer Feedback and Co-production Support for Adult Social Care yortender.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicP… ↗
Published estimate £75,000 excludes VAT (£90,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    29 Sept 2026, 17:14 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 15 days
    14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 22 days
    21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 40 days
    9 Nov 2026, 00:00 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

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 17:14 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City of York Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQVW-9426-LDJV West Offices, Station Rise, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO1 6GA [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender