Official UK procurement notice
Floating Support Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cardiff Council (Central government)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UKWales (UKL22)
Published estimate£12,677,602≈ £2.5m / year · £12,677,602 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 26 Jan 2026awarded 17 Apr 2026
Awarded to Salvation Army Trustee Company(The), Codi Group Ltd2 awards
Contract term 5 yrsends 19 Apr 2031 · up to 19 Apr 2033 with extensions · starts 20 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contracting Authority wishes to award two contracts to Ranked 1 and Ranked 2 providers to deliver the Housing Related Floating Support Contracts across Cardiff.
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£12,677,602
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
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 60%
- Community Wellbeing: 10%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Community Wellbeing
- Cost
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Aug 2025, 11:04 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Apr 2026, 09:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
ERFX1008752- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084944- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058f1bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: portal not identified
- Submission deadline
- 26 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- cy, en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
28 Aug 2025 → 24 Apr 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published28 Aug 2025, 11:04 BST
- Market engagement393 days ago23 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Cardiff Council will be holding a Market Engagement Event via Microsoft Teams on Friday, 26th August 2025 from 13.30 - 15.00.
If you would like to attend, please email your interest and any colleagues email addresses who would also like to attend to [email protected] by end of day on Tuesday, 23rd September 2025. A Teams invitation will then be emailed across to you following the deadline.
- Next notice expected355 days ago31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published306 days ago19 Dec 2025, 14:04 GMT
- Clarification questions by287 days ago7 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline268 days ago26 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by216 days ago19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent188 days ago17 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts185 days ago20 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published181 days ago24 Apr 2026, 09:44 BST
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Aug 2025, 11:04 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published19 Dec 2025, 14:04 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £12,677,60219 Dec 2025, 14:04 GMTwas £9,055,430
- Status changed to active19 Dec 2025, 14:04 GMT
- Procurement method changed19 Dec 2025, 14:04 GMT
- Deadline published: 26 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT19 Dec 2025, 14:04 GMT
- Contract award notice published24 Apr 2026, 09:44 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete24 Apr 2026, 09:44 BST
- Contract signature expected11 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £12,677,6022 awards exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvation Army Trustee Company(The)VCSEFloating Support Services Rank 1 Contract1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2031 · up to 31 May 2033Extensions: 24 month extension period available | £6,338,801 | 17 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
| Codi Group LtdFloating Support Services Rank 2 Contract1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2031 · up to 31 May 2033Extensions: 24 month extension available | £6,338,801 | 17 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 5 | 5 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Codi Care and SupportAwarded supplier
- The Salvation Army Trustee Company Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender