Official UK procurement notice
Gloucestershire Refugee Support Service 2026
Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGloucestershire County Council (the Council) on behalf of the Gloucestershire Strategic Migration Partnership (GSMP)
Gloucestershire County Council intends to award a Single-Supplier Contract for the delivery of support services for refugees. The procurement will be conducted through an Open Competitive Selection Process in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 Light Touch Regime.
The contract value is estimated at £1.5 million, with funding expected to reduce over the life of the contract in line with forecast decreases in demand for the service.
To ensure the service remains responsive to changing needs, the Contract will include flexibility to increase funding and service capacity should refugee arrivals exceed current forecasts and demand rise above anticipated levels.
Initial contract of 3 years, commencing on 1st January 2027 - 31st December 2029, with an option to extend twice by a further one year each time (i.e. 3+1+1 term)
How to access and respond to this opportunity
To access and respond to this Gloucestershire County Council opportunity, suppliers must use the SAP Business Network. It is free to register and use.
Log in or register at:
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Once logged in:
- Select Discovery from the top menu.
- Select All RFIs.
- Search for Gloucestershire.
- Open the relevant opportunity.
- Select Respond.
- Review the opportunity documents.
- Select Intend to Participate if you wish to respond.
- Upload your completed response documents.
- Select Submit Entire Response before the closing date and time
- No preliminary market engagement: N/A
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,500,000
- Technical & professional ability
There will be a SELECTION QUESTIONNAIRE (SQ) stage
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 award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Technical & professional ability
There will be a SELECTION QUESTIONNAIRE (SQ) stage
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Aug 2026, 17:07 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Aug 2026, 13:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
PZHT-7473-ZVPN- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080564- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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How to access and respond to this opportunity
To access and respond to this Gloucestershire County Council opportunity, suppliers must use the SAP Business Network. It is free to register and use.
Log in or register at:
service.ariba.com/Authenticator.aw/ad/… ↗
Once logged in:
- Select Discovery from the top menu.
- Select All RFIs.
- Search for Gloucestershire.
- Open the relevant opportunity.
- Select Respond.
- Review the opportunity documents.
- Select Intend to Participate if you wish to respond.
- Upload your completed response documents.
- Select Submit Entire Response before the closing date and time
Timeline
24 Aug 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published62 days ago24 Aug 2026, 17:07 BST
- Latest notice published59 days ago27 Aug 2026, 13:48 BST
- Clarification questions by51 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline32 days ago23 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 8 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 67 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Aug 2026- Tender notice published24 Aug 2026, 17:07 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published27 Aug 2026, 13:28 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published27 Aug 2026, 13:48 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
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