Official UK procurement notice
Housing and Health Needs Assessment
Authority: Velindre University NHS Trust (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is below threshold. The Public Health Team of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board recognises the important relationship between housing and health and is developing collaborative work on housing, within our Health Board and with wider NHS, local authority and third sector partners. To inform and target this work, we need to
deepen our evidence-based understanding on how housing is affecting the health of our communities and whether unhealthy, unsafe, unsuitable or insecure housing is harming the health of certain population groups more than others. To do this, we require a Health Needs Assessment (HNA), which will systematically review the qualitative and
quantitative evidence on housing and health in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Alongside a wider assessment of housing and health, we are particularly interested in understanding more on how housing affects the health of children, people with disabilities, and the health of people in temporary housing situations.
Hugh Irwin Associates have been awarded this below-threshold contract following an open-tender via eTender Wales.
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£41,667
- Economic & financial standing
Please see ITT: itt_121460
- Technical & professional ability
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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)
- Appendix F - Bidder Response Document: 40%
- Appendix G - Commercial Response - Housing HNA: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Appendix G - Commercial Response - Housing HNA: Please ensure that the values submitted in every column are correct. Any mistakes may not be changed once the tender has closed. If you submit an incorrect price, unit of measure, Cardiff & Vale Procurement Services reserves the right to accept your published submission as your tender prices and subsequent revisions may not be accepted.
- Appendix F - Bidder Response Document: This document sets out the information which is required by the Health Board in order to assess the suitability of potential suppliers (the “Bidder”) in terms of their technical knowledge and experience, capability/capacity, organisational and financial standing to meet the Requirement.
- Economic & financial standing
Please see ITT: itt_121460
- Technical & professional ability
Please see ITT: itt_121460
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Nov 2025, 11:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2026, 17:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
CAV-FTS-61294- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075576- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dad0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Dec 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Dec 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All tender submissions will come through eTenderWales Bravo platform. To access the tender please use the description or the Invitation to Tender reference that follows: ITT: itt_121460 - Housing Health Needs Assessment Servicesetenderwales-prep.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html ↗
Timeline
5 Nov 2025 → 24 Feb 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published355 days ago5 Nov 2025, 11:57 GMT
- Next notice expected353 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Market engagement353 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
This is an engagement notice only, there is no action to be taken. Please select noted interest.
- Tender notice published340 days ago20 Nov 2025, 11:38 GMT
- Clarification questions by322 days ago8 Dec 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline315 days ago15 Dec 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by298 days ago1 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts268 days ago1 Feb 2026
- Assessment summaries sent256 days ago13 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published251 days ago17 Feb 2026, 17:05 GMT
- Standstill ends244 days ago24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Nov 2025, 11:57 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published20 Nov 2025, 11:38 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active20 Nov 2025, 11:38 GMT
- Procurement method changed20 Nov 2025, 11:38 GMT
- Deadline published: 15 Dec 2025, 14:00 GMT20 Nov 2025, 11:38 GMT
- Contract award notice published13 Feb 2026, 16:22 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Feb 2026, 16:22 GMT
- Contract details notice published17 Feb 2026, 17:05 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 5 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUGH IRWIN ASSOCIATES LTDSME25 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026 | £37,000 | 13 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Housing and Health Needs Assessment · HUGH IRWIN ASSOCIATES LTDSME
- Signed
- 16 Feb 2026
- Value
- £37,000
- Period
- 20 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hugh Irwin Associates LtdAwarded 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender