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BuyerSouth East Wales Corporate Joint Committee
StatusOpen
Deadline28 Sept 2026
Value£4,120,000
Published27 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Cardiff Capital Region (CCR), acting on behalf of the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee (CJC), is seeking to appoint a Lead Managing Agent (LMA) to manage and deliver Phase 1 of the Investment Zone Skills Programme. The successful contractor will act as the operational delivery partner responsible for programme management, employer engagement, workforce intelligence, partnership coordination, funding administration, performance management and skills delivery planning. The programme aims to support workforce growth, talent attraction, skills development and employer-led innovation across priority sectors including semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence and enabling technologies. The initial contract value is up to £2.77 million over a 17-month period, with an option to extend and deploy a further £1.35 million to March 2029, subject to funding and approvals.

Delivery location

UKL22, GB · UKL17, GB · UKL15, GB · UKL16, GB · UKL21, GB

Categories

Research consultancy services 73210000General management consultancy services 79411000Project-management services other than for construction work 79421000Training services 80500000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£4,120,000
Contract periodFrom 2 Nov 2026 to 31 Mar 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Cost — Cost (30%)
Quality — Quality (70%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Project-management services other than for construction work, Training services, General management consultancy services, Research consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research consultancy services (73210000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 731,2433 median · 30.8 average (289 of 1,243 with a bid count)2.7 average (320 of 1,243 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKL2251 median · 1 average (1 of 5 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 5 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)48Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06edb7
Latest release ID081823-2026
Latest release timestampThu Aug 27 2026 13:45:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081823-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-28T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-18T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-21T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ITT reference 126733
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£4,120,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Aug 2026tender081823-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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