Official UK procurement notice
Improvement Partner Liverpool Children and Young People's Service
Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLiverpool City Council has awarded a contract for the provision of an Improvement Partner to support its Children and Young People's Services. The contract value is £224,921 (excluding VAT).
The services to be delivered include the provision of strategic and operational improvement support to drive sustainable transformation across Children's Services. This
includes undertaking diagnostic analysis; developing and co-producing evidence-based business cases; delivering financial planning, modelling, and savings proposals; supporting commissioning and market shaping activity; and implementing improvement initiatives to achieve measurable outcomes for children, young people, and families.
The Improvement Partner is required to work in a phased approach, including: (i) diagnostic and evidence gathering; (ii) development of prioritised, costed transformation plans and business cases; and (iii) delivery of a final implementation roadmap to support ongoing improvement beyond the contract term.
The services will be supplied through a combination of on-site and remote delivery, with the provider operating as an embedded partner within the Council. This includes close collaboration with internal teams and engagement with external stakeholders such as NHS partners, care providers, commissioners, and government bodies. The contract also requires structured knowledge transfer and skills development to ensure that capability is retained within the Council following completion of the contract.
CPV: Business development consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£230,000
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 award criteria (3)
- Social Value
- Price
- Quality
- 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
- 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
- 13 Feb 2026, 12:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2026, 10:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
DN798804- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029113- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0653d0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 May 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 Feb 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published255 days ago13 Feb 2026, 12:27 GMT
- Next notice expected248 days ago20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published210 days ago30 Mar 2026, 13:56 BST
- Clarification questions by182 days ago27 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline178 days ago1 May 2026, 10:00 BST
- Award decision expected by147 days ago1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent137 days ago12 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published118 days ago30 Jun 2026, 10:08 BST
- Contract starts118 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Feb 2026- Planned procurement notice published13 Feb 2026, 12:27 GMTUK3
- Tender notice published30 Mar 2026, 13:56 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £230,00030 Mar 2026, 13:56 BST
- Status changed to active30 Mar 2026, 13:56 BST
- Deadline moved to 1 May 2026, 10:00 BST30 Mar 2026, 13:56 BST+38 days · was 23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published22 Apr 2026, 10:11 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Jun 2026, 11:18 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Jun 2026, 11:18 BST
- Contract signature expected29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published30 Jun 2026, 10:08 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Notice amended to advertise the bidder briefing session and joining details.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 30 Mar 2026
- 2026-02: 1 release · 13 Feb 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORAL REEF BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITEDSME1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2027 | £224,921 | 12 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · CORAL REEF BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 26 Jun 2026
- Value
- £224,921
- Period
- 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Formal KPIs have not been established for this contract as the commission is a time-limited consultancy and advisory engagement focused on the production of specific outputs and deliverables rather than the ongoing delivery of a service. Performance will be measured against the successful completion and acceptance of the agreed milestones, reports and business cases within the required timescales and scope. The contract's success is dependent on the quality and strategic value of the advice provided, which is more appropriately assessed through milestone reviews, deliverable acceptance and stakeholder feedback, rather than quantitative operational KPIs. Contract management arrangements will ensure that progress, quality and delivery are monitored throughout the commission.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CORAL REEF BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
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
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender