Official UK procurement notice
Pay and Benefits Benchmarking review
Authority: Development Bank of Wales (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Development Bank of Wales has awarded a contract following a competitive procurement process in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
The awarded contract covers the provision of services to support DBW in delivering Pay and Benefits Benchmarking review.
The evaluation was undertaken against the published criteria, including quality, and price
Following evaluation, the contract was awarded to Mercer as the most advantageous tender (MAT).
The contract will commence in February 2026 and is expected to run until February 2027, with options to extend where specified in the procurement documents. If extensions are taken the contract will run until February 2032.
Further details, including total contract value, procurement route, and key deliverables, are available in the published Contract Award Notice on Find a Tender.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 8 Oct 2031, 23:59 BST.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£180,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to tender documentation
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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).
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 (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: please refer to tender documents
- Commercial: Please refer to tender documennts
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to tender documentation
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Yes · next expected 8 Oct 2031
- First published
- 7 Oct 2025, 12:12 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2026, 17:10 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
DBW00187.00- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063741- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a97aFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
DBW has a 30 day payment policy. Please note all invoices are to have a unique identifier number, failing to provide this may result in delayed payment.
- Risks
NA
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 Oct 2025 → 19 Mar 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published380 days ago7 Oct 2025, 12:12 BST
- Next notice expected378 days ago8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published378 days ago9 Oct 2025, 13:53 BST
- Clarification questions by357 days ago30 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline343 days ago13 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by329 days ago26 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts318 days ago8 Dec 2025
- Assessment summaries sent311 days ago15 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends301 days ago24 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published217 days ago19 Mar 2026, 17:10 GMT
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2025- Planned procurement notice published7 Oct 2025, 12:12 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published9 Oct 2025, 13:53 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active9 Oct 2025, 13:53 BST
- Deadline moved to 13 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT9 Oct 2025, 13:53 BST+1 days · was 12 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published15 Dec 2025, 14:44 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Dec 2025, 14:44 GMT
- Contract signature expected5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Mar 2026, 17:10 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 7 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercerPay and Benefits review8 Jan 2026 – 7 Jan 2029 · up to 7 Jan 2032Extensions: 3 years in 12 month increments | £180,000 | 11 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Pay and Benefits Review · Mercer
- Signed
- 30 Jan 2026
- Value
- £180,000
- Period
- 2 Feb 2026 – 1 Feb 2029 · up to 1 Feb 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 3 years in 12 month increments
No agreed KPIs: N/A
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mercer LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications ITT code on the etenderwales platform is itt_120515
- Technical specifications All tender documentation can be located within the attachment section of project code project_60757 and ITT code itt_120515
- Bidding documents and specifications ITT code on the etenderwales platform is itt_120515
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
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender