Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Women's Refuge and Floating Support Service
Authority: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Wales (UKL16)
Published estimate£2,315,273≈ £772k / year · £2,778,828 inc. VAT0.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Jan 2026awarded 18 Feb 2026
Awarded to Cyfannol Women's Aid
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
Re-procurement plannedProvision of a Young Persons Supported Housing Scheme and Resettlement Support Service · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service will provide 24/7 housing related support to single women and women (aged 16 years or over, there is no upper age limit) and their children residing at the women’s refuge, Amber House. Women accessing the service may have additional needs such as (not limited to) experiencing mental health issues, physical disabilities and substance misuse issues.
The refuge will:
- Provide emergency accommodation for single women and women with children fleeing Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV)
- Provide single women and women with children with a place of safety, security and stability and the time to make informed decisions about their future
- Provide culturally aware and gender informed emotional and practical support
- Provide effective housing related support to enable women affected by VAWDASV to rebuild their lives and make the transition to a settled home
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Sept 2030, 23:59 BST.
- No preliminary market engagement: basic requirement in a well established marketplace
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,315,273
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 80%
- Cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Quality criteria
- Cost: Total tender sum
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 2 Sept 2030
- First published
- 16 Dec 2025, 17:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2026, 18:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
ITT_122114- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083567- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f735Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Sell2Wales · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Access & registration note: Free Wales registration; eTenderWales runs on Jaggaer
- Submission deadline
- 20 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
16 Dec 2025 → 28 Apr 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published312 days ago16 Dec 2025, 17:10 GMT
- Clarification questions by284 days ago13 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline277 days ago20 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by252 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent248 days ago18 Feb 2026
- Contract starts206 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published179 days ago28 Apr 2026, 18:06 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Dec 2025- Tender notice published16 Dec 2025, 17:10 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published28 Apr 2026, 18:06 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Apr 2026, 18:06 BST
- Contract signature expected1 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £2,312,9921 award exc. VAT
Bids received 2
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyfannol Women's Aid1 May 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: Two year extension at 12 month intervals dependent on funding and performance | £2,312,992 | 18 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cyfannol Women's AidAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender pack and all associated documents are accessible via Etenderwales at the web address https://etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com and reference Itt_122114 Provision of Womens Refuge and Floating Support Service Tender deadline is 12 noon Tuesday 20th January 2026
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender