Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for the Procurement of Occupational Health Counselling Services
Authority: Gloucestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionTHIS RELATES TO NOTICE - 2026/S 000-072388 - EXTENDED SUBMISSION END DATE - NOT A DUPLICATE.
Framework Agreement for the Procurement of Occupational Health Counselling services- A Below Threshold Contract regulated of the Procurement Act 2023 within the light touch category.
Gloucestershire County Council 'GCC' are looking to procure Occupational Health Counselors who will work with us to ensure the delivery of occupational health services and supporting the health and wellbeing of our workforces.
CPV: Counselling services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2026
- Buyer regions
- UKK13
Who may buy through it
Gloucester City Council, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service GFRS, as well as schools, academies, and educational settings as a traded service in county may potentially use this framework to call off.
Published description of the framework
Lots 1,2,3 and 4 Bidders are invited to submit their most competitive pricing at the framework stage, which will be applied to future call-off awards. Once published, see ITT for details around lots that have maximum number of suppliers.
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Provision of Structured Counselling Sessions within an Occupational Health workplace settingRenewalPublished value£120,000
- Value
- £120,000 exc. VAT · £144,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months. Total term - 4 years
Lot #2Provision of Initial Assessments to Assess Suitability for Structured Counselling Sessions within an Occupational Health workplaceRenewalPublished value£80,000
- Value
- £80,000 exc. VAT · £96,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months. Total term - 4 years
Lot #3Provision of Reflective Practice also referred to as Reflective SupervisionRenewalPublished value£12,000
- Value
- £12,000 exc. VAT · £144,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months. Total term - 4 years
Lot #4Provision of Critical Incident Support to Service UsersRenewalPublished value£50,000
- Value
- £50,000 exc. VAT · £60,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months. Total term - 4 years
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).
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Gloucestershire County Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531) — and who usually turns up
Gloucestershire County Council’s own published record, next to the South West England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
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.
Gloucestershire County Council
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 2 in CPV 8531 · 21 in division 85 (1 without competition · 8 route not published) · 51 in all categories (3 without competition · 22 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: 25 lots. 8 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 10.5) and 17 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 buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 25 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: 23 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 36 months: 7 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: 183 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: 13 notices.
South West England · Social work services (CPV 8531)
framework/DPS notices delivered in South West England in 36 months: 34 in CPV 8531 (23 competed, 9 route not published) · 204 in division 85 (133 competed, 48 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 sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 24 lots. 11 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 7) and 13 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 region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 24 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 sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 6 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 sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 24 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 sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 127 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.
This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
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 admission
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077832Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via SAP Ariba- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Appointment period ends
- 13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
https://service.ariba.com/Sourcing.aw/109521003/aw?awh=r&awssk=95SqHZLl&dard=1 Suppliers must register on SAP Ariba before submitting a bid. Once registered, email [email protected] with your organisation name and Ariba Supplier ID so GCC can add you to the relevant Sourcing Event. f your organisation is interested in participating in this project, please provide the following information and send it to the email address within this notice for review and more…
supplier onboarding onto e-tendering portal: Supplier Full Legal Name Supplier Main Address including Street and number District Postal Code City Country/Region Primary Contact Details Contact First Name Contact Last Name Contact Email Address Contact Telephone Number Please ensure all information is submitted in full to the contact email in this notice if you wish to be considered for this opportunity. All communication must be conducted via the Ariba portal.Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today23 Sept 2026, 09:45 BST
- Clarification questions byin 12 days5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 20 days · period end, not a bid countdown13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract startsin 68 days1 Dec 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
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2026- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 14:02 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST23 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST+14 days · was 29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 09:45 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Extension of deadline
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Suppliers must register on SAP Ariba before submitting a bid. Once registered, email [email protected] with your organisation name and Ariba Supplier ID so GCC can add you to the relevant Sourcing Event. f your organisation is interested in participating in this…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender