Official UK procurement notice
Re-Opening of Support Services Framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Families Lot 3
Authority: Powys County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this ITT is to re open the existing Framework to fulfil requirement for Lot 3 Any Support around Babies, Children, Young People and Families, may include but not limited to: Sessional Support staff/Support Workers/Community projects/Residential workers.
Powys County Council has established an approved provider framework for the provision of a range of support services for Babies, Children, Young People and families, in and around the county of Powys and will reopen to invite additional suppliers to tender for requirements under Lot 3.
The Council is seeking expressions of interest from providers who are suitably qualified and experienced to deliver a wide range of support services. These can range from statutory assessments to holistic therapies, and the Council is looking for a comprehensive and wide-ranging list of support services, including but not limited to the following:
Lot 3 - Any other support provision around Babies, Children, young people and families, such as: Sessional Support staff/Support Workers/Community projects/Residential workers.
The list is not exhaustive, providers may only be able to do one of the assessments listed.
The open framework agreement is being procured in accordance with Section 15 of the Procurement Act 2023. It relates to a Light Touch Contract as defined under Section 9 of the Procurement Act 2023 and governed by the Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024.
The Council is awarding a framework, which allows flexibility while complying with Treaty principles of transparency and equal treatment of providers.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
- “Re-Opening of Support Services Framework for Babies, Children, Young…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Powys County Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Powys County Council has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 77 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 9%
2–30% / 9%
4–60% / 19%
7+100% / 63%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Our matching links this notice to “Support Services for Young People, Children and Families” and “Support Services framework for Young People, Children and Families - Round 4” of this authority, but none of the 14 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 85Published estimate£470k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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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 79 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid9%
2–39%
4–619%
7+63%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| TROS GYNNAL PLANTLive contract | Tender for the provision of Independent Professional Advocacy Services for Children and Young Peopleruns to Mar 2029 | Lot 1: Provision of Independent Professional Advocacy Services for Children and Young People. | £1.4m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Barnardo'sEarlier contract | Support Services framework for Young People, Children and Families - Round 2notice published Apr 2022 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Kooth Digital Health LimitedEarlier contract | Support Services Framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Familiesstarted Aug 2026 | Support Services framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Families | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Volunteering MattersEarlier contract | Support Services Framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Familiesstarted Aug 2026 | Support Services framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Families | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| PEOPLE SUPPORT LTDEarlier contract | Support Services Framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Familiesstarted Aug 2026 | Support Services framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Families | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Aug 2026, 13:14 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Aug 2026, 13:14 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073170- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d9ebFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
3 Aug 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published83 days ago3 Aug 2026, 13:14 BST
- Market engagement67 days ago18 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Suppliers should be aware there is a Meet the Buyer event being arranged to take place at 10am on Tuesday 18th August 2026 via virtual Microsoft Teams meeting. To book onto the event, please email: Becky Higginson, on [email protected].
- Tender notice expected66 days ago19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 37 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Aug 2026, 13:14 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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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