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Published 24 Sept 2025, 15:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Healthcare Benefit · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority (Police & fire)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Wales (UKL)
Final published estimate£1,920,000initial estimate £1,500,000 · 1 value update1.6% above published estimate
Submissions closed 2 Mar 2026awarded 13 May 2026
Awarded to Benenden Healthcare Society Limited
Contract term 2 yrsends 26 Apr 2028 · up to 26 Apr 2034 with extensions · starts 27 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Award of contract for the provision of a Health Benefit. This will be a Healthcare Subscription Contract .This is a new provision, and employees subscriptions will initially be fully funded by the Authority. Should employees wish to add dependents to any potential scheme the employee will be responsible for additional costs. The broad aims of provision of the additional health benefit are to:

  • Give staff an easy and quick access to primary health care, diagnostics and treatment.
  • Provide additional level of mental health support and reassurance for all staff.
  • Reduce sickness absence costs, increase focus and productivity of employees.
  • Improve staff retention, attract and retain talents.
  • Improve the culture and make staff feel valued and supported in the workplace.
  • Give staff further access to free webinars and/or wellbeing-related toolkits.
  • Provide quality assured information and advice about health and wellbeing.
  • Make a positive impact on employee’s stress levels, wellbeing and overall standard of living.
  • Maximise the health, well-being and efficiency of its members.
  • Increase employee engagement and satisfaction.
  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 5 Jan 2034, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Health insurance services · Health services · Voluntary health insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£1,920,000
Contract period: 27 Apr 2026 – 26 Apr 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 26 Apr 2034 with extensionsValue: £1,920,000 exc. VAT · £2,304,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: The Contract will be awarded for a fixed term of 2 years. With the option to extend by 6 years at 24 month intervals.
66512200 Health insurance services66512210 Voluntary health insurance services85100000 Health services

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: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical/Quality: 50%
  • Price: 40%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical/Quality
  • Price
  • Social Value
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 5 Jan 2034
First published
24 Sept 2025, 15:35 BST
Last source update
3 Jun 2026, 09:30 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 20 Mar 2026
Authority reference
PA23GPAGST3
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007846
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Health insurance servicesHealth servicesVoluntary health insurance services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a155 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

All Invoices to be emailed directly to [email protected]

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Sell2Wales · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: CY, EN
Access & registration note: Free Wales registration; eTenderWales runs on Jaggaer
Submission deadline
2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
cy, en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.sell2wales.gov.wales ↗

Timeline

24 Sept 2025 → 3 Jun 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published387 days ago
    24 Sept 2025, 15:35 BST
  2. Market engagement365 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    To inform open FTS tender, suppliers are invited to an online information event on 22nd of October 2025, 2PM-3PM, via Microsoft Teams, where representatives of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority will outline the procurement requirements and the tender submission process, as well as fielding questions from prospective bidders.

    Please register your interest to bid for this opportunity via the sell2wales notice and register your place at the engagement event by contacting Liann Phillips - [email protected] by 5pm 16th of October 2025.

  3. Next notice expected354 days ago
    27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Tender notice published261 days ago
    29 Jan 2026, 09:44 GMT
  5. Clarification questions by235 days ago
    23 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
  6. Submission deadline228 days ago
    2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
  7. Award decision expected by210 days ago
    20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract starts173 days ago
    27 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
  9. Assessment summaries sent157 days ago
    13 May 2026, 00:00 BST
  10. Standstill ends147 days ago
    22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  11. Latest notice published136 days ago
    3 Jun 2026, 09:30 BST

Notice history

13 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Sept 2025, 15:35 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    29 Jan 2026, 09:44 GMT
    UK4
  3. Status changed to active
    29 Jan 2026, 09:44 GMT
  4. Procurement method changed
    29 Jan 2026, 09:44 GMT
  5. Deadline published: 2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
    29 Jan 2026, 09:44 GMT
  6. Tender notice published
    29 Jan 2026, 10:39 GMT
    UK4
  7. Published value updated to £1,920,000
    29 Jan 2026, 10:39 GMT
    was £1,500,000
  8. Tender notice published
    29 Jan 2026, 11:38 GMT
    UK4
  9. Contract award notice published
    13 May 2026, 16:49 BST
    UK6
  10. Status changed to complete
    13 May 2026, 16:49 BST
  11. Contract signature expected
    26 May 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  12. Contract details notice published
    2 Jun 2026, 16:23 BST
    UK7
  13. Contract details notice published
    3 Jun 2026, 09:30 BST
    UK7
Routine re-releases (7)
  • 2026-01: 3 releases · 29 Jan 2026, 29 Jan 2026
  • 2025-09: 1 release · 24 Sept 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,950,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 42 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jun 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Benenden Healthcare Society LimitedHealth Benefit26 May 2026 – 25 May 2028 · up to 25 May 2034Extensions: option to extend for a further 6 years at 24 month intervals£1,950,00013 May 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Health benefit · Benenden Healthcare Society Limited

    Signed
    1 Jun 2026
    Value
    £1,950,000
    Period
    1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2034 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Option to extend for a further 6 years at 24 month intervals.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4final-stage tenders20—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGBC-9888-YDYX Fire Service Headquarters, Carmarthen, Wales, SA31 1SPContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (15)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender