Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Training Courses for Children's and Adults Social Care Teams
Authority: Powys County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPowys County Council (the Council) is commissioning training courses for Adults and Children's services funded by the Social Care Wales Workforce Development Programme (SCWWDP) grant.The Council is seeking to engage with suitably experienced and competent Suppliers, to provide Social Care Training courses.The Framework Agreement will run for a period of up to 5 years, from 1st April 2027 until 31st March 2032 (1 year +1 year +1 year) and renewed annually, contracts will be awarded for this period, however funding will only be awarded on an annual basis in line with the grant funding allocation process through Welsh Government (SCWWDP) and the Council. An annual delivery schedule will be developed in accordance with workforce demand in January each year, as defined through the annual training needs analysis and annual SCWWDP priorities. Therefore, giving Training Providers on the framework at least 3-months’ notice of intention to commission each course.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2031, 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
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 100 suppliers
- Framework period
- 5 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 1 Apr 2035
Published description of the framework
Awarded MAT based on technical and price weighting
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,182,928
- Economic & financial standing
see tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
see tender documents
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: 85%
- Price: 15%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
see tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
see tender documents
- Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Framework Agreement for Training Courses for Children's and Adults…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 100 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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 published 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
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 83 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 9%
2–30% / 9%
4–60% / 19%
7+100% / 63%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Published estimate£1.2m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid2%
2–32%
4–617%
7+79%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £44m29 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 8 live · £285k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=8 | |
| £953k3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £864k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
Calan DVSSME | £1.4m2 awards in 36m · last 14 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 |
| £267k1 awards in 36m · last 36 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=2 | |
| — | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
62% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
62% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (62% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Re-opening the Social Care Training Framework for Social Care training courses for Adults and Childrens Services. — held by DCC Interactive Ltd; the published contract ends 31 Mar 2025.
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
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2031
- First published
- 23 Jun 2026, 10:52 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 17:04 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
ITT - 125417- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091596- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bac9Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
See Tender documentation
- Risks
See Tender documentation
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Sell2Wales- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- 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
etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗
ITT - 125417
Timeline
23 Jun 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published121 days ago23 Jun 2026, 10:52 BST
- Market engagement34 days ago17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Meet the Buyer 14/07/2026
- Next notice expected33 days ago18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published24 days ago28 Sept 2026, 17:04 BST
- Clarification questions by2 days ago20 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 5 days · period end, not a bid countdown27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 51 days11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 161 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Jun 2026, 10:52 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published20 Aug 2026, 12:52 BSTUK3
- Status changed to planned20 Aug 2026, 12:52 BST
- Procurement method changed20 Aug 2026, 12:52 BST
- Deadline published: 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST20 Aug 2026, 12:52 BST
- Tender notice published28 Sept 2026, 17:04 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active28 Sept 2026, 17:04 BST
- Deadline moved to 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT28 Sept 2026, 17:04 BST+8 days · was 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices 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