Official UK procurement notice
HIV Peer Support Programme for Wales C072/2025/2026
Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract Details Notice for the Welsh Government tender for the provision of a national Peer Support Programme for those living with HIV in Wales, with an initial two-year contract to commence from 01 April 2026.
The requirement has been guided by the research commissioned from Cardiff University (Planning a new peer support service for people living with HIV in Wales: The first steps - News - Cardiff University. The research sets out high level bullet points on ‘‘How to make peer support a success in Wales’ and these have been replicated below for reference:
Organisation
Build a team involving people living with HIV and key people from the community and clinical services
Ensure the team understands the community
Fresh start but learn from lessons of past
Steering group that reflects all stakeholders
Robust governance and accountability
Community
Community commitment to peer support
Diversity of mentors
Require a mix of experience among representatives
Service
Clear fit with other services
Integrate evaluation into the service
High quality training
Sensitive matching process
Slow growth and flexibility
Clinical Services
Champions of peer support in clinic
Ensure buy-in from clinical staff
Processes
Open communication
Sustainability
Create links between NGO and NHS
Mutual understanding between clinicians and mentors
Not funded by NHS due to budgetary pressures
The Welsh Government’s Programme for Government set out ambitious commitments to both develop an HIV Action Plan for Wales and tackle the stigma experienced by those living with HIV. In March 2023, the HIV Action Plan for Wales 2023-2026 was published and contains 30 actions aimed at eliminating HIV transmission within Wales and achieving zero tolerance of HIV-related stigma by 2030.
CPV: Community action programme · Community health services · Miscellaneous business-related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
- Condition of participation
As per the 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 (6)
- Demonstrate understanding and planned approach to deliver project requirements: 20%
- Demonstrate expertise and evidence of ability to undertake requirements: 20%
- Demonstrate cohesive and comprehensive customer service and collaboration with other organisations: 20%
- Demonstrate record and finance management processes: 10%
- Ability to handle and manage sensitive and personal information: 10%
- Price (Commercial Response) Criteria: 20%
Published award criteria (6)
- Demonstrate understanding and planned approach to deliver project requirements
- Demonstrate expertise and evidence of ability to undertake requirements
- Demonstrate cohesive and comprehensive customer service and collaboration with other organisations
- Demonstrate record and finance management processes
- Ability to handle and manage sensitive and personal information
- Price (Commercial Response) Criteria: Lowest price
- Condition of participation
As per the tender documents
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- 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
- 28 Oct 2025, 16:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Feb 2026, 17:45 GMT
- Authority reference
C072/2025/2026- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069128- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d5a5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Dec 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk- ↗ NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration.
ITT responses must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm on 01/12/25 How To Find The ITT:- Once logged in you must click on ‘PQQs/ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’- The e-tender references for this contract are: project_6104, itt_120980 - HIV Peer Support Programme for Wales C072/2025/2026. Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the PQQ/ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My PQQ/ITT’s’ on the home page.- You will then see the full details of the Tender in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.- Should you have any questions on the Tender, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.
Timeline
28 Oct 2025 → 10 Feb 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published356 days ago28 Oct 2025, 16:46 GMT
- Clarification questions by330 days ago24 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline323 days ago1 Dec 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Contract starts260 days ago2 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published251 days ago10 Feb 2026, 17:45 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Oct 2025- Tender notice published28 Oct 2025, 16:46 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Nov 2025, 15:47 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 1 Dec 2025, 14:00 GMT14 Nov 2025, 15:47 GMT+7 days · was 24 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published29 Jan 2026, 16:02 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Jan 2026, 16:02 GMT
- Contract details notice published10 Feb 2026, 17:45 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected10 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
The return of tender deadline has been extended from from 2:00pm on 24th November to 2:00pm on 1st December
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 28 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSITIVELY UKVCSE1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: The Contract can only be extended by the Client in consideration of policy requirements and budget availability, with agreement with the successful Bidder in accordance with Condition 3 (Commencement and Duration) of the Welsh Government’s Standard Conditions of Contract for Services. Any variation to these dates must be agreed in writing by the Client and the successful Bidder in accordance with the Welsh Government’s Standard Conditions of Contract for Services. | £300,000 | 27 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
HIV Peer Support Programme for Wales C072/2025/2026 · POSITIVELY UKVCSE
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- £300,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Contract will be for a two (2) year term with the possibility of an optional extension of up to a further two (2) years as a one year optional extension and a further one year optional extension. A decision on the optional extension period will be made by the Welsh Government, in line with the Contract terms and conditions, based on policy requirements and budget availability.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 3 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- POSITIVELY UKAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender