Lot 1
No lot description published.
Buyer: Development Bank of Wales →
The 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.
No lot description published.
No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-05a97a |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 025464-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Thu Mar 19 2026 17:10:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | Not published |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 0 |
| Tender documents in source | 1 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 1 |
| Parties in latest release | 2 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2026 | award, contract | 025464-2026 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | award, contract | 082966-2025 |
| 9 Oct 2025 | tender | 063741-2025 |
| 7 Oct 2025 | planning | 062838-2025 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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