Official UK procurement notice
Mental Health Information, Advice and Assistance
Authority: Monmouthshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are recommissioning our Mental Health Information, Advice and Assistance which offers specialist support for people in Monmouthshire with complex mental health problems as well as those at risk of developing mental health problems as well as their carers/family.
The service is currently delivered in the following ways:
- Prompt and accurate information is provided to enable an individual to make an informed choice about their wellbeing.
- Advice – the service works jointly with individuals to identify what is important to them and what they want to achieve, considering options and reaching agreement on the way forward.
- Assistance – ensures action is taken to assist individuals in accessing appropriate care, support and guidance.
The service can be delivered over the phone but must also include face-to-face support including drop-in sessions at various locations across Monmouthshire. The successful provider will need to have excellent knowledge of Monmouthshire and surrounding areas, including third-sector, statutory, and other relevant services.
Providers must have extensive experience and a thorough understanding of mental health, particularly in supporting individuals with complex needs. The provider will support individuals during recovery, ensuring they maintain voice, choice, and control over their lives. The service must support people in a strength–based way to achieve their personal outcomes and what matters to them. The annual contract value is estimated at £41,203.00
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Monmouthshire County Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Monmouthshire County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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.
Here, local means registered in Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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.
1 bid20% / 54%
2–320% / 28%
4–60% / 11%
7+60% / 6%
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.
Below estimate25% / 29%
Within ±2%38% / 62%
Above estimate38% / 9%
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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.
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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 #1Published estimate£206k
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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 479 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid54%
2–328%
4–611%
7+6%
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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.
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.
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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.
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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
- Below threshold
- 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
- 4 Feb 2026, 09:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Feb 2026, 10:27 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013278- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061615Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Feb 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published259 days ago4 Feb 2026, 09:16 GMT
- Latest notice published250 days ago13 Feb 2026, 10:27 GMT
- Market engagement242 days ago20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
We are now inviting written comments from the market on the proposed service which will support us in shaping the service specification and future direction of the service. This written market engagement will be followed by an online event with further information to follow. Your response should be no longer than 4 sides of A4 font Arial 12.
Questions
- What sort of service do you believe would meet the needs of this client group?
- Within the estimated contract value what do you see the service looking like? Do you see it as achievable?
- Are you aware of any examples of best practice or innovations in this area, or similar areas that could be applied here?
Please return your response to the following email address: [email protected]
- Tender notice expected198 days ago6 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts82 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Feb 2026, 09:16 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Feb 2026, 13:38 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Feb 2026, 10:27 GMTUK2
Published amendments (2)
Please note that the original description of the services should be as follows: We are recommissioning our Mental Health Information, Advice and Assistance which offers specialist support for people in Monmouthshire with complex mental health problems as well as those at risk of developing mental health problems as well as their carers/family. The service is currently delivered in the following wa…
Please note that the original description of the services should be as follows: We are recommissioning our Mental Health Information, Advice and Assistance which offers specialist support for people in Monmouthshire with complex mental health problems as well as those at risk of developing mental health problems as well as their carers/family. The service is currently delivered in the following wa…
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
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender