Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a School Based Counselling Service to Children and Young People within Newport
Authority: Newport City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is the contract award notice for the provision of school based counselling service to children and young people within Newport and commences the 8 working day standstill period.
CPV: Counselling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,891,000
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 (8)
- Direct Counselling Offer: 24.75%
- Meeting Diverse Needs: 6.75%
- Recruitment, Supervision & Staff Development: 4.5%
- Service Innovation & Best Practice: 2.25%
- Community Benefits: 2.25%
- Referral Processes & Safeguarding: 4.5%
- Price: 50%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (8)
- Direct Counselling Offer
- Meeting Diverse Needs
- Recruitment, Supervision & Staff Development
- Service Innovation & Best Practice
- Community Benefits
- Social Value
- Price
- Referral Processes & Safeguarding
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Nov 2025, 15:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 May 2026, 16:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 May 2026
- Authority reference
NCC202500175- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-016110- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e5c3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Tender document can be accessed and completed via ITT_123300, etenderwales, etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗
Timeline
20 Nov 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published339 days ago20 Nov 2025, 15:33 GMT
- Market engagement324 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
This pre-market engagement notice is to establish the suppliers in the market who would be interested in providing this service . The Council will also take the opportunity to discuss and improve the current specification. Suppliers are invited to attend individual pre-market engagement meetings on Wednesday 10 December 2025 at the Civic Centre, Newport, NP20 4UR. Suppliers who wish to attend are requested to email [email protected]. Times to attend will be issued no later than 5 December 2025.
- Next notice expected265 days ago2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published244 days ago23 Feb 2026, 14:12 GMT
- Clarification questions by219 days ago20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline212 days ago27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by177 days ago1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent153 days ago26 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published152 days ago26 May 2026, 16:27 BST
- Standstill ends143 days ago4 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts55 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Nov 2025, 15:33 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published23 Feb 2026, 14:12 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active23 Feb 2026, 14:12 GMT
- Procurement method changed23 Feb 2026, 14:12 GMT
- Deadline published: 27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT23 Feb 2026, 14:12 GMT
- Contract award notice published26 May 2026, 16:27 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 May 2026, 16:27 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Therapeutic Counselling Services T/A Health Is One1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2031 · up to 31 Aug 2033Extensions: Up to 2 years on an annual basis subject to review · Options: Additional counselling for provision for primary years 1 to 5 if Welsh Government decides to extend the counselling provision. | £2,891,000 | 26 May 2026standstill to 4 Jun 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Therapeutic Counselling Services T/A Health Is OneAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender