Official UK procurement notice
Re-Opening of Support Services Framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Families Lot 3: Any Other Support Provision
Authority: Powys County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK 3 Published 01/09/2026 ID 169892 Re-Opening of Support Services Framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Families Lot 3: Any Other Support Provision
UK4 is to tender for staff on Lot 3 of existing Framework ITT - 119984 for Babies, Children, Young People and Families.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 6 yrs 3 mo from 7 Jan 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 31 Mar 2033
Published description of the framework
The Framework has suppliers listed on Lot 3, and the reopening is to invite other new suppliers to onboard to then be used as required for Agency Staff in Childrens Services.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£1,409,274
- Value
- £1,409,274 exc. VAT · £1,409,274 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- 1 Year plus 1 Year at the councils discretion.
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 (2)
- Technical — 80%
- Cost — 20%
- Economic & financial standingSee Tender Documentation
- Technical & professional abilitySee Tender Documentation
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Powys County Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85) — and who usually turns up
Powys County Council’s own published record, next to the Wales (Cymru) market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Powys County Council
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 91 in division 85 (2 route not published) · 105 in all categories (1 without competition · 4 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 98 lots. 2 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 17) and 96 from older notices (bids received, middle 15).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 98 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 26 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 14 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 134 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 89 notices.
Wales (Cymru) · Health and social work services (CPV 85)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Wales (Cymru) in 36 months: 412 in division 85 (334 competed, 64 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 427 lots. 29 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 13) and 398 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 427 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 16 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 422 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 378 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 26 lots (all categories), applied to the £1,409,274 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2031
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:55 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
ITT - 126090- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ef4aFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
- See Tender documentation
- Risks
- See Tender documentation
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Sell2Wales- Expression of interest (EOI)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
7 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published24 days ago1 Sept 2026, 11:09 BST
- Next notice expected10 days ago14 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published1 day ago24 Sept 2026, 09:55 BST
- Clarification questions byin 22 days16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 28 days · period end, not a bid countdown23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 60 days23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 104 days7 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Sept 2026- Tender notice published24 Sept 2026, 09:55 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active24 Sept 2026, 09:55 BST
- Deadline moved to 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST24 Sept 2026, 09:55 BST+10 days · was 13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Planned procurement notice published1 Sept 2026, 11:09 BSTUK3
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender