Official UK procurement notice
Information Advice Quality Framework
Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is the final notice to notify the award of the Information Advice Quality Framework. This was a procurement exercise that was being conducted on behalf of the Welsh Government to establish a contract for an Information and Advice Quality Framework. The tender was originally published in September 2025, however the procurement was terminated and was retendered. The successful bidder will be awarded an initial 12-month contract with options to extend for a further 12 + 12 months for up to a maximum of 3 years.
- No preliminary market engagement: This has already been tendered and the procurement was terminated. Therefore suppliers are already aware of the opportunity and no other market engagement is needed
CPV: Auditing services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£240,000
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
See 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 (4)
- Service Delivery: 30%
- Contract Management: 20%
- Price: 30%
- Sustainability: 20%
Published award criteria (4)
- Service Delivery: Service Delivery - see tender documents
- Contract Management
- Sustainability
- Price: Total Price
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
See tender documents
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- 1 Dec 2025, 11:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Mar 2026, 16:55 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
C324/2025/2026- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078432- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ebd0Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Please see tender documents
- Risks
Please see tender documents
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jan 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Jan 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
E-Tender Information:etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk- ↗ 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 Userperforming the Registration.- 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. Please contact theHelpdesk to gain access to the Platform.- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 14:00. Late bids will not be accepted.How To Find The ITT:- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’- The e-tender references for this contract are: project_60468 and itt_120006- 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 ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the‘Attachments’ area.- Any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the topof this notice.NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest onSell2Wales at www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch… ↗ Ref:107985)The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
Timeline
1 Dec 2025 → 3 Mar 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published323 days ago1 Dec 2025, 11:53 GMT
- Clarification questions by287 days ago6 Jan 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline284 days ago9 Jan 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by263 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent244 days ago19 Feb 2026
- Contract starts233 days ago2 Mar 2026
- Standstill ends232 days ago2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published231 days ago3 Mar 2026, 16:55 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Dec 2025- Tender notice published1 Dec 2025, 11:53 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published19 Feb 2026, 18:10 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Feb 2026, 18:10 GMT
- Contract details notice published3 Mar 2026, 16:55 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected3 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBARC Ltd4 Mar 2026 – 2 Mar 2027 · up to 2 Mar 2029Extensions: One year plus one year optional extension | £240,000 | 18 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Information Advice Quality Framework · MBARC Ltd
- Signed
- 3 Mar 2026
- Value
- £240,000
- Period
- 5 Mar 2026 – 4 Mar 2027 · up to 2 Mar 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 12 month plus 12 month extensions
No agreed KPIs: Not above £5m
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 2 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MBARC LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications See Tender documents
- Bidding documents and specifications All documents are available in etenderwales. Project_60468 Itt_121689
- Signed contract
- Signed contract
Notices 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