Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Digital Inclusion Service
Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGloucestershire County Council intends to procure a comprehensive, countywide digital inclusion service to ensure that every resident, regardless of age, income, health status, or location, can participate safely and confidently in an increasingly digital society. This procurement will drive the Council's Digital Infrastructure, Inclusion and Innovation Strategy (DIIIS), which sets a clear vision for a "digitally connected and inclusive Gloucestershire" and commits the authority to targeted skills support through libraries and the VCSE sector.
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CPV: Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Gloucestershire County Council- buys Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98), and who usually turns up
Gloucestershire County Council-’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in South West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in South West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid29% / 26%
2–340% / 42%
4–621% / 23%
7+10% / 9%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate31% / 19%
Within ±2%58% / 69%
Above estimate12% / 12%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 43 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid26%
2–342%
4–623%
7+9%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Wealden & Eastbourne LifelineEarlier contract | Provision of Telecare and Telehealth Servicesnotice published Nov 2021 | — | £323k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 26 Feb 2026, 13:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2026, 13:56 GMT
- Authority reference
DN808177- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017363- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 Feb 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published236 days ago26 Feb 2026, 13:56 GMT
- Market engagement208 days ago25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
The Council wishes to inform current and potential service providers as to its future intentions for the three-year period commencing 1 April 2027 in respect of delivering its Countywide Digital Inclusion Service.
This will be an opportunity for those attending to comment on the proposed service delivery.
A presentation will be delivered by the Project Team and emailed after the meeting to those attending.
It should be noted that the meeting will be recorded to allow the Project Team to fully capture the content of the meeting.
Attendance at the meeting is restricted to two representatives from each organisation.
Please confirm attendance via email to: [email protected]
Detailing:
Organisation Name
Names and position of those attending
Background to Procuring a Countywide Digital Inclusion Service
Gloucestershire County Council intends to procure a comprehensive, countywide digital inclusion service to ensure that every resident, regardless of age, income, health status, or location, can participate safely and confidently in an increasingly digital society. This procurement will drive the Council's Digital Infrastructure, Inclusion and Innovation Strategy (DIIIS), which sets a clear vision for a "digitally connected and inclusive Gloucestershire" and commits the authority to targeted skills support through libraries and the VCSE sector.
Digital inclusion is not an optional extra; it is foundational to life chances and public value:
- Health and well-being: Core NHS services, including appointment booking, repeat prescriptions, and access to personal health records via the NHS App.
- Cost of living: Being online helps households compare tariffs, manage finances.
- Education and employment: Essential digital skills underpin learning at all ages and are now implicit in most jobs.
- Community participation and safety: Digital connectivity supports volunteering, local democracy, social networks, and access to council and partner services.
- Why a county wide service:
A county wide contract will deliver consistency, value for money, and measurable outcomes across all six districts, while retaining the local flexibility needed to reach those who are least likely to seek help. The model we are commissioning combines a single framework for governance, quality, safeguarding, data standards, and reporting with locally rooted delivery that can adapt to distinct community needs and geographies.
Modules for inclusion Within the Service:
- Getting Started Online
- Navigating the Internet
- Staying Safe Online
- Communicating Online
- Managing Money Online
- Accessing Health and Care Services
- Employment Skills
- Accessibility and Inclusion
- Online Council and Government Services
- Affordability and Digital Deals
- Lifelong Learning
Success depends on Trust:
The Council is committed to commissioning in a way that leverages the credibility and relationships that VCSE organisations. We will encourage consortia and supply chain models that enable smaller, grassroots providers to participate, and we will expect strong arrangements for volunteer recruitment, training, and support so that community champions can extend reach sustainably.
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 162 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Feb 2026, 13:56 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender