Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Provision of Welsh Government Childcare for 2 year olds in Powys.
Authority: Powys County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPowys County Council ("the Council") is establishing a framework agreement for childcare settings to provide Welsh Government Childcare for 2 year olds in Powys.
The childcare programme is to ensure that all children from 2 years old, resident in Powys have access to free, high quality childcare for up to 2.5 hours per day, for a maximum of 12.5 hours per week.
Eligible children and their families, will feel involved, informed, supported and empowered and each child will achieve tangible outcomes of:
• Language Development
• Cognitive Development
• Social & Emotional Development
• Physical Health
• Reduced poverty
• Early Identification of high needs
The Council intends to let a framework agreement under Regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 Light Touch Regime.
The Council is awarding a framework, which allows flexibility while complying with Treaty principles of transparency and equal treatment of providers.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2033, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Places
- up to 100 suppliers
- Framework period
- 5 yrs 3 mo · up to 7 yrs 3 mo from 4 Jan 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 31 Mar 2034
Published description of the framework
https://etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£15,000,000
- Value
- £15,000,000 exc. VAT · £15,000,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- 1 Year plus 1 Year at the councils discretion.
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 (1)
- Technical — 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Technical — See tender documents
- Economic & financial standingSee tender documents
- Technical & professional abilitySee tender documents
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Powys County Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85) — and who usually turns up
Powys County Council’s own published record, next to the Wales (Cymru) market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
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 frameworks and DPS 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.
Powys County Council
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 91 in division 85 (1 route not published) · 105 in all categories (1 without competition · 3 route not published)
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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: 98 lots. 2 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 17) and 96 from older notices (bids received, middle 15).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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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: 98 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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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 24 months: 26 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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 24 months: 14 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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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: 134 notices.
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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: 90 notices.
Wales (Cymru) · Health and social work services (CPV 85)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Wales (Cymru) in 36 months: 412 in division 85 (335 competed, 63 route not published)
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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: 427 lots. 29 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 13) and 398 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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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: 427 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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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.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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: 16 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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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: 422 lots.
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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: 380 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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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 26 lots (all categories), applied to the £15,000,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
The matcher links this notice to “Re-opening of Framework Agreement for Early Years Pre School Education Provision - Lot 12 Newtown” of this authority, but none of the 20 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adferiad Recovery Large | 15 class wins · 6 lots for this buyer | 1 months ago | at estimate n=5 | 66% |
| G P Homecare Limited Large | 18 class wins | 1 months ago | at estimate n=4 | 61% |
| SHAW HEALTHCARE (GROUP) LTD Large | 17 class wins · 3 lots for this buyer | this month | at estimate n=1 | 55% |
| PRESTIGE NURSING LIMITED Large | 15 class wins | 4 months ago | 2% above n=1 | 55% |
| Minik Kardes Limited Large | 2 class wins | 41 months ago | no comparable pairs | 54% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2033
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
ITT_127017- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052372Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
- See Tender documentation
- Risks
- See Tender documentation
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Sell2Wales- Expression of interest (EOI)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
7 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 14:58 BST
- Tender notice published2 days ago24 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
- Next notice expected1 day ago25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions byin 24 days20 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 31 days · period end, not a bid countdown27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 76 days11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 99 days4 Jan 2027, 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
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Tender notice published24 Sept 2026, 15:56 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active24 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
- Planned procurement notice published24 Sept 2026, 14:52 BSTUK3
- Procurement method changed24 Sept 2026, 14:52 BST
- Deadline published: 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT24 Sept 2026, 14:52 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Sept 2026, 10:54 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £15,000,00023 Sept 2026, 10:54 BST
- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 14:58 BSTUK1
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender