Official UK procurement notice
Provider Support & Engagement
Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGloucestershire County Council is seeking to award a contract following a competitive procurement process for an organisation to act as the recognised representative body and to provide support and engagement services for all adult social care providers in Gloucestershire hosting regular forums, engaging with the market on the council's behalf and providing business advice and support.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£416,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Social Value
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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Apr 2026, 14:52 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Aug 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-053869- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068f76Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ ref DN813186
Timeline
30 Apr 2026 → 28 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published174 days ago30 Apr 2026, 14:52 BST
- Market engagement159 days ago15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
An online provider engagement survey,
Any expressions of interest and requests for information or clarification can be submitted via the procurement portal once the tender has opened.
- Tender notice published135 days ago8 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline105 days ago8 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by72 days ago10 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent70 days ago13 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts24 days ago28 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published23 days ago28 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Apr 2026, 14:52 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published8 Jun 2026, 15:00 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active8 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Procurement method changed8 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Deadline published: 8 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST8 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Contract award notice published13 Aug 2026, 15:53 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Aug 2026, 15:53 BST
- Contract signature expected28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Sept 2026, 16:02 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-04: 1 release · 30 Apr 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLOUCESTERSHIRE CARE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED28 Sept 2026 – 27 Sept 2029 · up to 27 Sept 2030Extensions: Option to extend post 27/09/2029 for a further 12 months, subject to approvals and sign off. | £416,000 | 13 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · GLOUCESTERSHIRE CARE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Signed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Value
- £416,000
- Period
- 28 Sept 2026 – 27 Sept 2029 · up to 27 Sept 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 27th September 2030 if 12-month extension option exercised by the council, subject to approvals
No agreed KPIs: below £5M value
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GLOUCESTERSHIRE CARE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender