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Published 9 Nov 2026, 15:28 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

External Workforce Resources · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Digital Health & Care Wales (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£15,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 22 Dec 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 1 yrends 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

contractual “vehicle” required to source external workforce from the commercial marketplace.

CPV: Health and social work services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Research and development services and related consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
1 yr · up to 4 yrs from 1 Jul 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jul 2027 – 30 Jun 2028 (1 yr) · up to 30 Jun 2031 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “External Workforce Resources” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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

How Digital Health & Care Wales buys IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72), and who usually turns up

Digital Health & Care Wales has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72) →

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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 buyerDigital Health & Care Wales · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 1 of 2 known-size awards · market: division 72 · UK-wide, n=455
1 of 249%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 0 of 0 known-location awards · market: division 72 · UK-wide, n=177
0 of 056%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 72 · UK-wide, n=60
—102 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 102 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 0 of 2 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 72 · UK-wide, n=240
0 of 250%

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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This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with bid counts, 5 needed · broad CPV 72
The market201 lots with bid counts · division 72 · UK-wide
9% had one bid
% of the market's 201 lots with a published bid count · select a colour for counts
1 bid9%
Market: 18 of 201 lots with published bid counts.
2–321%
Market: 43 of 201 lots with published bid counts.
4–629%
Market: 58 of 201 lots with published bid counts.
7+41%
Market: 82 of 201 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 7212 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£15m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 72. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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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 201 past lots.

—No model forecast yet9% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 201 similar lots
1 bid9%
18 of 201 similar past lots received 1 bid (9%).
2–321%
43 of 201 similar past lots received 2–3 (21%).
4–629%
58 of 201 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+41%
82 of 201 similar past lots received 7+ (41%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see 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
Unspecified in notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Nov 2026, 15:28 GMT
Last source update
9 Nov 2026, 15:28 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106339
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportResearch and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b7d6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

9 Nov 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published3 days ago
    9 Nov 2026, 15:28 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Tender notice expectedin 39 days
    22 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 229 days
    1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    9 Nov 2026, 15:28 GMT
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Digital Health & Care Wales

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PHXM-8593-WBPZ Ty Glan-yr-Afon, Cardiff, Wales, CF11 9ADContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender