Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 16 Mar 2026, 15:49 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Hyfforddiant Iechyd Meddwl yn y Gweithle / Mental Health Work Based Training

Authority: Flintshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2032 · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Disgrifiad o’r Prosiect:

I ddarparu gwasanaeth gwaith wedi’i gefnogi sy’n cynnig profiadau dylunio graffeg ac sy’n seiliedig ar brint i bobl yn Sir y Fflint sydd yn byw â diagnosis iechyd meddwl. Fe fydd y gwasanaeth yn darparu cyfleoedd wedi’u personoleiddio i gael profiad mewn gweithle go iawn, magu hyder ac annibyniaeth, a gwneud cynnydd tuag at addysg bellach, cymwysterau, llwybrau galwedigaethol, neu gyflogaeth â thâl.

Fe hoffai’r Cyngor wahodd Darparwyr sydd â phrofiad o ddarparu gwasanaethau cefnogi o safon i drafod y gwasanaeth ymhellach. Fe fydd partneriaid ar gyfer y contract yma’n dangos gweledigaeth glir ar gyfer y gwasanaethau, gyda ffocws ar ganlyniadau unigol gan ddefnyddio cynlluniau sy’n canolbwyntio ar yr unigolyn a modelau dilyniant. Bydd partneriaid yn rhannu’r weledigaeth o gynnal gwerthoedd gofal cymdeithasol, cynyddu integreiddio a rhyngweithio rhwng gwasanaethau a chymunedau lleol drwy ddefnyddio partneriaethau masnachol, ymrwymiadau cymdeithasol a chytundebau gwirfoddol.

Mae hwn yn gyfle cyffrous i ddarparwr sydd ag arbenigedd a llwyddiant blaenorol mewn darparu gwasanaethau tebyg, i gymryd perchnogaeth a thrawsnewid gwasanaeth gwerthfawr ac sydd wedi’i hen sefydlu, gyda staff medrus a phrofiadol. Bydd disgwyl i’r darparwr a gomisiynir barhau i ddarparu cymorth a datblygiad o ansawdd uchel i bobl, gan gynnig gwerth am arian a chyflawni canlyniadau i ddiwallu anghenion y boblogaeth leol. Bydd angen i’r darparwr ddarparu cydbwysedd o gynnig cyfleoedd gwaith go iawn a chefnogi pobl sydd â phroblemau Iechyd Meddwl.

Mae’r gwasanaeth yn darparu gweithgareddau ystyrlon i bobl sydd ag anghenion cymorth cymhleth, gyda chyfleoedd i bobl gael gafael ar hyfforddiant a datblygu, i adeiladu sgiliau cymdeithasol a galwedigaethol.

Mae’n rhaid i’r Awdurdod weithio yn unol ag egwyddorion Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) i hyrwyddo enghreifftiau cymdeithasol o ofal a chefnogaeth sy’n seiliedig ar werthoedd a bydd disgwyl i’r gwasanaeth barhau i weithredu fel menter gymdeithasol. Mae hyn yn cynnwys creu cyfleoedd ar gyfer cyflogaeth â thâl i bobl sy’n defnyddio’r gwasanaeth, cefnogi unigolion i ddatblygu eu potensial, a hyrwyddo annibyniaeth, dewis a rheolaeth.

Project Description:

To deliver a supported work service that offers meaningful graphic design and print-based experiences for people in Flintshire living with a mental health diagnosis. The service will provide personalised opportunities to gain real-world workplace experience, build confidence and independence, and progress towards further education, qualifications, vocational pathways, or paid employment.

The Council would like to invite Providers with experience of delivery in quality support services to further discuss the service. Partners for this contract will demonstrate a clear vision for the services, with a focus on individual outcomes using person centred plans and progression models. Partners would share the vision to maintain social care values, increase integration and interaction between services and local communities by utilising commercial partnerships, social commitments and volunteer participatory agreements.

This is an exciting opportunity for a provider with expertise and a proven track record in providing similar services, to take ownership and transform a well-established and valued service, with skilled and experienced staff. The commissioned provider will continue to deliver high quality support and development for people, offering value for money and delivering outcomes to meet the needs of the local population. The provider would need to provide a balance of offering real work opportunities and supporting people with Mental Health problems.

The service provides meaningful activities for people with complex support needs, with opportunities for people to access training and development, to build social and vocational skills.

The authority must work in line with the principles of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act to promote social value- based models of care and support and would expect the service to continue operating as a social enterprise. This includes creating opportunities for paid employment for people who use the service, supporting individuals to develop their potential, and promoting independence, choice and control.

CPV: Adult and other education services · Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Vocational training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Flintshire County Council buys Vocational training services (CPV 8053), and who usually turns up

Flintshire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Vocational training services (CPV 8053) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerFlintshire County Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 12 of 19 known-size awards · market: CPV 8053 · UK-wide, n=64
63%55%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 25 of 48 known-location awards · market: CPV 8053 · UK-wide, n=63
52%43%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 decided notices · market: CPV 8053 · UK-wide, n=13
22 days34 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 22 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 13 of 44 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8053 · Wales (Cymru), n=5
30%80%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer34 lots with bid counts · all categories
18% had one bid
The market10 lots with bid counts · CPV 8053 · UK-wide
30% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid18% / 30%
Buyer: 6 of 34 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
2–347% / 20%
Buyer: 16 of 34 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
4–632% / 20%
Buyer: 11 of 34 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
7+3% / 30%
Buyer: 1 of 34 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer7 lots with estimate and award · all categories
14% below estimate
The market10 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8053 · UK-wide
50% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate14% / 50%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%71% / 50%
Buyer: 5 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate14% / 0%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 8060 monthsSME suitableNo real estimate

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 80. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 46 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet22% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 46 similar lots
1 bid22%
10 of 46 similar past lots received 1 bid (22%).
2–341%
19 of 46 similar past lots received 2–3 (41%).
4–624%
11 of 46 similar past lots received 4–6 (24%).
7+13%
6 of 46 similar past lots received 7+ (13%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No real estimate
The buyer published £1 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
16 Mar 2026, 15:49 GMT
Last source update
16 Mar 2026, 15:49 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-023670
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Adult and other education servicesHealth and social work servicesOther community, social and personal servicesVocational training services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066b5f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Mar 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published222 days ago
    16 Mar 2026, 15:49 GMT
  2. Market engagement182 days ago
    24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

    Disgrifiad o’r Broses Ymgysylltu:

    Mae gan Gyngor Sir y Fflint eisoes gontract yn weithredol ar gyfer y gwasanaeth hwn ac mae’n dymuno canfod a oes yna ddarparwyr eraill yn y farchnad a allai hefyd ddarparu’r gwasanaeth yma i’r Cyngor i benderfynu a fyddai arfer tendro neu ddyfarniad uniongyrchol posibl yn llwybr mwy priodol i’r farchnad. Os ydych chi’n teimlo fod gan eich sefydliad y capasiti a’r gallu i gyflwyno’r gwasanaeth a amlinellir yn rhan disgrifiad o’r prosiect yr hysbysiad hwn, anfonwch fynegiant o ddiddordeb at Danielle Cartwright gan fanylu sut mae gan eich sefydliad y capasiti a’r gallu i ddarparu’r gwasanaeth hwn. Cyflwynwch eich mynegiant o ddiddordeb i [email protected] erbyn 24 Ebrill 2026

    Engagement Process Description:

    Flintshire County Council has an existing contract in place for this service and are looking to ascertain if there are any other providers in the market who could also deliver this service for the Council to determine if a tender exercise or potentially a direct award would be the most appropriate route to market. If you feel your organisation has the capacity and capability to deliver the service outlined in the project description section of this notice, please send an expression of interest to Danielle Cartwright detailing how your organisation has the capacity and capability to provide this service. Please submit your expression of interest to [email protected] by 24th April 2026

  3. Tender notice expected114 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    24 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 159 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Mar 2026, 15:49 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

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, CH5 3FFContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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Notices published for this procedure