Official UK procurement notice
Food Sense Wales- Food Cardiff Communications Campaign
Procurement agent: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFood Sense Wales is procuring a supplier to deliver bilingual
communications services for Food Cardiff from November
2026 to November 2029. The contract covers strategic
communications, content creation, campaigns, media
engagement, and stakeholder communications to support
Cardiff’s Good Food Strategy and promote a healthier, fairer,
and more sustainable food system across the city.
CPV: Advertising campaign services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£50,000
- Condition of participation
All responses to the qualification/selection questions will be evaluated based on the information provided in response to each of the questions. Responses to all questions will be evaluated based on the scoring methodology as described in the notes to each
question. The scoring methodology applied is as follows:
Acceptable/Pass - Service Provider is likely to be able to meet the needs of the Health Board. Demonstration by the Service Provider of the relevant ability, understanding, experience, skills, and resource & quality measures required to provide the services, with evidence to support the response.
Unacceptable/Fail - Service Provider will not be able to meet the needs of the Health Board. Does not comply and/or insufficient information provided to demonstrate that the Service Provider has the relevant ability, understanding, experience, skills, resource & quality measures required to provide the services, with little or no evidence to support the
response. Only those bids which pass each of the questions within the qualification envelope will have their bid considered further.
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)
- Technical: 40%
- Commercial: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Technical questions with Pass/Fail Requirements
- Commercial
- Condition of participation
All responses to the qualification/selection questions will be evaluated based on the information provided in response to each of the questions. Responses to all questions will be evaluated based on the scoring methodology as described in the notes to each
question. The scoring methodology applied is as follows:
Acceptable/Pass - Service Provider is likely to be able to meet the needs of the Health Board. Demonstration by the Service Provider of the relevant ability, understanding, experience, skills, and resource & quality measures required to provide the services, with evidence to support the response.
Unacceptable/Fail - Service Provider will not be able to meet the needs of the Health Board. Does not comply and/or insufficient information provided to demonstrate that the Service Provider has the relevant ability, understanding, experience, skills, resource & quality measures required to provide the services, with little or no evidence to support the
response. Only those bids which pass each of the questions within the qualification envelope will have their bid considered further.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Jun 2026, 12:15 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2026, 14:29 BST
- Authority reference
CAV-FTS-63277- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-062421- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ad58Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
4 Jun 2026 → 9 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published140 days ago4 Jun 2026, 12:15 BST
- Market engagement133 days ago11 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Please 'Note Interest' on this PME notice to be invited to the tender process.
- Next notice expected126 days ago18 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published112 days ago2 Jul 2026, 15:47 BST
- Clarification questions by93 days ago21 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline86 days ago28 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Latest notice published14 days ago8 Oct 2026, 14:29 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 17 days9 Nov 2026
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Jun 2026, 12:15 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2026, 15:47 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active2 Jul 2026, 15:47 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Jul 2026, 15:47 BST
- Deadline published: 28 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST2 Jul 2026, 15:47 BST
- Contract award notice published10 Sept 2026, 12:47 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete10 Sept 2026, 12:47 BST
- Contract signature expected28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published8 Oct 2026, 14:29 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-06: 1 release · 4 Jun 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Appleby Consulting LtdFood Sense Wales - Food Cardiff Campaign9 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2027 · up to 8 Nov 2029Extensions: To be taken in annual tranches | £49,500 | 10 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Food Sense Wales- Food Cardiff Communications Campaign · Matt Appleby Consulting Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2026
- Value
- £49,500
- Period
- 9 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2027 · up to 8 Nov 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- To be taken annual tranches at the soul discretion of the Health Board
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- NHS Wales Shared Services PartnershipProcuring entityNWSSP will be managing this procurement on behalf of CAVUHB
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Matt Appleby Consulting LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Bidder Technical Response Form
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to Tender
- Technical specifications Link attached to eTender Wales
Notices published for this procedure
- 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender