Official UK procurement notice
Partners in Care and Health Working Age Adults data and benchmarking project
Authority: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPartners in Care and Health learning disability and autistic people team are seeking a provider that can demonstrate experience of working with the adult social care sector or similar sectors on robust data analysis and benchmarking in order to produce a data tool that the learning disability and autistic people team of PCH can use with council adult social care council senior staff to interrogate the value for money of their offer for working age adults using data that is publicly available. This will most likely be an excel tool and will be used internally by the PCH team.
The tool must draw in data on all upper tier councils delivering adult social care services.
The tool must update automatically as later years data is published by central government so that it stays current
This project will need to be delivered within the final quarter of 2025-2026. We are therefore seeking a provider that can mobilise quickly by drawing on their existing knowledge/ networks and are able to build on Partners in Care and Health’s existing work in this area. The proposed project timescales are provided below:
- Project start and contracts signed 1st February 2026
- Draft version completed by 1st March 2026
- Final version delivered to PCH by 31st March 2026 with any learning or further recommendations in writing
Any written material, tools or content produced MUST comply with the LGA accessibility requirements and style guide requirements so that it can become an online report included on the PCH website which is hosted by LGA. NB see www.local.gov.uk/about/creating-conte… ↗
Quotations must be submitted via the e-sourcing procurement service portal Panacea and must include:
- Your Quotation and any relevant documentation. Price should be exclusive of VAT.
- References
- Confirmation if you will be operating through your own limited company, sometimes referred to as a 'personal service company'.
- A detailed project plan
- Appendix 2: Signed Contractual Undertakings
- Appendix 3: EDI Questionnaire
CPV: Community health services · Daycare services · Guidance services · Welfare services for children and young people · Welfare services for disabled people
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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 (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Price 20%: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price 20%: price of total services
- Quality: Relevant skills & experience of carrying our similar data and benchmarking projects, including references 25% Delivery Methodology 20% Ability to deliver within the set timescale 20% Quality assurance 20% Equality diversity and inclusion 5% Social value 5% Environmental 5%
- 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 17 Dec 2025, 16:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2026, 10:12 GMT
- Authority reference
LG-04610- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084032- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f849Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
17 Dec 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published316 days ago17 Dec 2025, 16:23 GMT
- Clarification questions by295 days ago7 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline293 days ago9 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Latest notice published283 days ago19 Jan 2026, 10:12 GMT
- Contract starts270 days ago1 Feb 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Dec 2025- Tender notice published17 Dec 2025, 16:23 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published19 Jan 2026, 10:12 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete19 Jan 2026, 10:12 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Brookes Enterprises Ltd | £19,580 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Partners in Care and Health Working Age Adults data and benchmarking project · Oxford Brookes Enterprises Ltd
- Signed
- 19 Jan 2026
- Value
- £19,580
- Period
- 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- OXFORD BROOKES ENTERPRISES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender