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Published 8 Apr 2026, 12:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Gwasanaeth Therapiwtig Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf / Families First Therapeutic Service

Official notice

Authority: Flintshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£562,500≈ £750k / year · £562,500 inc. VAT6.7% above published estimate
Submissions closed 5 May 2026awarded 21 May 2026
Awarded to ACTION FOR CHILDREN
Contract term 9 moends 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Gwasanaeth Therapiwtig Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf, Disgrifiad o’r Contract

Gweithio’n uniongyrchol â phlant 7-18 oed (neu 25 gyda diagnosis o anabledd) a’u teuluoedd i nodi heriau a chynnig cefnogaeth therapiwtig i fynd i’r afael â’u hanghenion, yn ogystal â chefnogi gwasanaethau eraill i weithredu rhaglenni rhieni ar sail tystiolaeth.

Darparu Therapi i Deuluoedd; ymyriadau therapiwtig un i un i blant a phobl ifanc 7–18 oed (neu hyd at 25 oed pan fo’r person ifanc wedi cael diagnosis o anabledd).

Cefnogaeth Therapiwtig: Darparu cefnogaeth therapiwtig i blant a phobl ifanc, gan gynnwys rhai sy’n dangos neu’n mynegi ymddygiad rhywioledig amhriodol, lle mae lefel yr angen yn dal i fod o fewn trothwyau ymyrraeth gynnar ac nad yw’n dyblygu gwasanaethau niwed rhywiol statudol neu arbenigol.

Cefnogaeth Therapiwtig i Oedolion: Lle bo’n briodol, gellir cynnig cefnogaeth therapiwtig i rieni neu ofalwyr pan fo eu profiadau yn effeithio ar eu gallu i fod yn rhieni effeithiol. Mae’n rhaid i’r gefnogaeth hon fod â chyfyngiad amser a bod â chyswllt clir â gwella canlyniadau i blant a phobl ifanc, yn hytrach na darparu therapi penagored i oedolion.

Families First Therapeutic Service Contract Description

Working directly with children aged 7-18 (or 25 with a diagnosed disability) and their families to identify challenges and offer therapeutic support to address their needs, in addition to supporting other services in implementing evidence-based parent programmes.

Providing Family Therapy; one-to-one therapeutic interventions for children and young people aged 7–18 years (or up to 25 years where the young person has a diagnosed disability).

Therapeutic Support: Pproviding therapeutic support to children and young people, including those who are demonstrating or expressing inappropriate sexualised behaviours where the level of need remains within early intervention thresholds and does not duplicate statutory or specialist sexual harm services.

Adult Therapeutic Support: Where appropriate, therapeutic support may be offered to parents or carers where their past experiences are impacting on their capacity to parent effectively. This support must remain time limited and clearly linked to improving outcomes for children and young people, rather than providing open ended adult therapy

CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 9 moSMEVCSEPublished value£562,500
Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 (9 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensionsValue: £562,500 exc. VAT · £562,500 inc. VAT
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: option to extend for 3 further years’ subject to grant funding

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 90%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality : Quality 90% consisting of Service Structure- 30% Service Delivery Experience- 40% Strategic Service Development- 10% Organisational Values- 5% Value for Money- 15%
  • Social Value

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
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
8 Apr 2026, 12:29 BST
Last source update
26 May 2026, 16:12 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031897
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067de0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
5 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
28 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/LoginInstruc… ↗

  1. Log in to PROACTIS at supplierlive.proactisp2p.com ↗
  2. If you are already registered on the Proactis portal please Login and start at Step 14 of these instructions if not go to STEP 3.

3.Click the “Sign Up” button at the bottom of the window

  1. Enter your correct Organisation Name, address and Primary Contact Details. You will need to create the Organisation ID and User Name. If you have a generic email address for your organisation e.g. [email protected] then please use this as the primary contact email address.
  2. Please make a note of the Organisation ID and User Name, then click “Register”
  3. You will receive an email asking you to “Click here to activate your account”. This takes you to Enter Organisation Details.
  4. Please enter the information requested, click the “>” on the screen and follow the instructions ensuring that you enter all applicable details.
  5. In the Classification screen please ensure that you select the Product Classification Codes (CPV Codes) that appear in the tender notice. Please ensure that the selected codes are relevant to your business to ensure that you get notification of opportunities that are of interest.
  6. In the Buyers screen please select Denbighshire County Council (you may register with other organisations if you wish)
  7. In the Primary Contact Details screen please ensure that all information is complete. (Please see note 4 above)
  8. Accept the Terms and Conditions and then click “>”. This takes you to the Welcome window.
  9. In the Finish screen please enter a new password and note all your Login details for future reference.
  10. Now click “Complete Registration” and you will enter the Supplier Network page.
  11. On the centre of the screen click “Opportunities”. This will take you to the list of current opportunities available to you.
  12. Click the “>” that relates to this notice, this will take you into the PQQ or Tender Request and click “Register Interest”. Note there may be several opportunities that appear on this screen, please ensure that you select the correct one.
  13. In the “Your Opportunities” screen please note the closing time and date for completion of the relevant project. Please review the “Items” tab (Tender stage only) and the Documents tab (PQQ and Tender stages) as there will be information relating to the project held here. The Documents are accessed by clicking the down arrow underneath the General tab. Please ensure that you download all documents to your PC as you will be required to complete and upload some of them as part of your submission. There are instructions on how to complete your submission in the Guidance for Bidders document.
  14. You can now either create your response”, or “Decline” this opportunity.

Timeline

8 Apr 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published201 days ago
    8 Apr 2026, 12:29 BST
  2. Clarification questions by181 days ago
    28 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline174 days ago
    5 May 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Latest notice published153 days ago
    26 May 2026, 16:12 BST
  5. Contract starts118 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Apr 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    8 Apr 2026, 12:29 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    26 May 2026, 16:12 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    26 May 2026, 16:12 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £600,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ACTION FOR CHILDRENVCSE1 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: option to extend for a further 3 years to 31/03/2030 Subject To grant funding and performance.£600,00021 May 2026Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2final-stage tenders12—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Flintshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PNJC-2356-PCDV Ty Dewi Sant , Flintshire, Wales, CH7 6NAContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Action For ChildrenAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHMD-4898-GRNZ 3 The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford , East of England, WD18 8AGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender