Provision of Student Counselling Services

Official notice

Authority: Cardiff Metropolitan University (Education)

Below threshold - limited competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Wales (UKL2)

Awarded value£130,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 29 Sept 2025

Awarded to Platfform for Change

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A below-threshold tender has recently been conducted for the provision of student counselling services. This provision is required to support the University's in-house counselling provision. The requirement was to appoint an external service provider to supply a team of professionally qualified counsellors to offer 1:1 therapeutic interventions to the University's students.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Wales

85312320 Counselling services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - limited competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
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: 9 Oct 2025, 16:24 BST
Last source update: 9 Oct 2025, 16:24 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-063878
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Wales (UKL2)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ac05 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
9 Oct 2025, 16:24 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £130,0001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 29 Sept 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Platfform for Change SME	£130,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Student Counselling Services · Platfform for Change SME
Signed
29 Sept 2025
Value
£130,000
Period
3 Oct 2025 – 2 Oct 2027 · up to 2 Oct 2028 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
There is a 12-month extension option included within this contract which will be exercised at the sole discretion of the University.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PPNB-5569-JLHH Llandaff campus, Cardiff, Wales, CF5 2YBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Platfform for ChangeAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PBYH-4123-BZWY Beaufort House, Beaufort Road, Swansea, Wales, SA6 8JGContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender9 Oct 2025, 16:24 BST