Official UK procurement notice
POW-FTS-59118 - Consultation Assurance
Procurement agent: Powys Teaching Health Board·On behalf of: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSpecialist support for engagement and consultation quality assurance for Better Together. The health board is keen to engage with an organisation with proven experience of advising on quality assurance for engagement and consultation around transforming health services in Wales.
Discussions including engagement and/or consultation regarding the future shape of health services can publicly and politically sensitive, and we are therefore seeking to engage specialist support to advise on quality assurance for the consultation process, with a specific focus on the key consultation risk areas.
- No preliminary market engagement: Due to the nature of the requirement, the Health Board have not undertaken preliminary market engagement
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£150,000
What it takes to wini
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 (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Social Value
- Commercial
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 May 2025, 18:16 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2025, 09:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
POW-FTS-59118- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018610- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050bdeFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payment terms are 30 days, all invoices must be submitted electronically and in line with NHS Wales' e-Trading Specification.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
1 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published1 May 2025, 18:16 BST
- Clarification questions by23 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts2 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent22 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published23 Jul 2025, 09:19 BST
- Standstill ends1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 May 2025- Tender notice published1 May 2025, 18:16 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published23 Jul 2025, 09:19 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Jul 2025, 09:19 BST
- Contract signature expected4 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUGH IRWIN ASSOCIATES LTDSME6 Aug 2025 – 5 Aug 2026 · up to 5 Aug 2028Extensions: Extension year 2 - 06/08/2026 - 05/08/2027 Extension year 3 - 06/08/2027 - 05/08/2028 | £150,000 | 22 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Beneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Procuring entityProcurement
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hugh Irwin Associates LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender