Official UK procurement notice
Rhaglen Dysgu Proffesiynol sy'n Ystyriol o Drawma / Trauma Informed Professional Learning Programme
Authority: Caerphilly County Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMae Dysgu yn gwahodd ymatebion i dendr ar gyfer partner dysgu proffesiynol i ddatblygu a chyflwyno rhaglen genedlaethol ar Ymarfer Perthynol (sy’n Ystyriol o Drawma) ar ei ran. Disgwylir i gwmpas y gwaith gynnwys dylunio’r rhaglen, cyflwyno’r rhaglen, datblygu adnoddau ac ymgysylltu â rhanddeiliaid er mwyn cefnogi ymarferwyr ledled Cymru i wreiddio dulliau sy’n ystyriol o drawma ac sy’n canolbwyntio ar berthnasoedd o fewn eu lleoliadau a’u sefydliadau.
Mae’r gwaith hwn yn cydnabod pwysigrwydd ymarfer perthynol ac ymarfer sy’n ystyriol o drawma wrth wella canlyniadau i blant a phobl ifanc, yn enwedig y rhai sydd wedi profi adfyd, trawma, allgáu neu anfantais. Nod rhaglen ddysgu broffesiynol sy’n gyson ar lefel genedlaethol, gyda chefnogaeth Llywodraeth Cymru, yw sicrhau bod gan ymarferwyr ar draws y system ddealltwriaeth gyffredin, iaith gyffredin a dulliau ymarferol sy’n creu amgylcheddau dysgu mwy diogel, mwy cynhwysol ac yn fwy effeithiol.
Dysgu is inviting tender responses for a professional learning partner to develop and deliver a national programme on Relational Practice (Trauma Informed) on its behalf. The scope of work is expected to include programme design, programme delivery, resource development and stakeholder engagement to support practitioners across Wales to embed trauma-informed, relationship-centred approaches within their settings and organisations.
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This work recognises the importance of relational and trauma-informed practice to improving outcomes for children and young people, particularly those who have experienced adversity, trauma, exclusion or disadvantage. A nationally consistent professional learning programme, supported by Welsh Government, aims to ensure that practitioners across the system have a shared understanding, common language and practical approaches that create safer, more inclusive and more effective learning environments.
How the procedure runs: The procurement will be conducted using a Competitive Flexible Procedure comprising two evaluation stages: Stage 1: Compliance, Quality and Price (60%) Compliance assessment (Pass/Fail) Quality evaluation (50%) Price evaluation (10%) Only tenderers meeting all mandatory and compliance requirements will proceed to scoring. The three more…
highest-scoring tenderers from Stage 1 will be shortlisted for Stage 2. In the event of a tie, all tied tenderers will be invited to progress. Stage 2: Interview (40%) Shortlisted tenderers will be invited to attend an interview via Microsoft Teams. The interview will assess and validate the proposed solution and will be scored against the published evaluation criteria. Final Evaluation Final scores will be calculated using: Stage 1 (Quality and Price): 60% Stage 2 (Interview): 40% The contract will be awarded to the tenderer achieving the highest overall score following completion of all evaluation stages. The contracting authority reserves the right to seek clarification of tender submissions and reserves the right not to award a contract where no suitable tender is received.- No preliminary market engagement: No pre-market engagement was undertaken prior to commencement of this procurement. The contracting authority considered that it had sufficient knowledge of the market, the service requirements and the likely supplier base to develop the specification and procurement strategy without undertaking a separate pre-market engagement exercise.
CPV: Education and training services · Publications · Writing agency services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1Published value£1,200,000
- Value
- £1,200,000 exc. VAT · £1,500,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Yes. The contract may include options for additional related services, subject to business need, available funding and the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023.
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 (3)
- Ansawdd / Quality — 50%
- Cyfweliad / Interview — 40%
- Pris / Price — 10%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Caerphilly County Borough Council buys Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services (CPV 9231) — and who usually turns up
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s own published record, next to the Wales (Cymru) market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services (CPV 9231) →
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 contracts 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.
Caerphilly County Borough Council
contract notices in 36 months: 4 in CPV 9231 (3 route not published) · 6 in division 92 (1 without competition · 3 route not published) · 189 in all categories (12 without competition · 30 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 all categories, last 36 months: 39 lots. 22 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 17 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).
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 all categories, last 36 months: 39 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 36 months: 46 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 36 months: 19 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: 224 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 92), last 36 months: 3 notices.
Wales (Cymru) · Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services (CPV 9231)
contract notices delivered in Wales (Cymru) in 36 months: 8 in CPV 9231 (4 competed, 4 route not published) · 73 in division 92 (62 competed, 9 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 92), last 36 months: 15 lots. 11 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 4 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 92), last 36 months: 15 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 region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 92), last 36 months: 15 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 region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 92), last 36 months: 12 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 92), last 36 months: 15 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 92), last 36 months: 26 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 46 lots (all categories), applied to the £1,200,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Briggs SME | 1 class wins | 6 months ago | no comparable pairs | 55% |
| CENTRE OF SIGN-SIGHT-SOUND Y GANOLFAN SME | 1 class wins · 5 lots for this buyer | 4 months ago | no comparable pairs | 55% |
| SYNERGY STEM PARTNERS LIMITED SME | 1 class wins · 5 lots for this buyer | 4 months ago | no comparable pairs | 55% |
| Becki Bawler Consultancy SME | 1 class wins · 3 lots for this buyer | 4 months ago | no comparable pairs | 54% |
| Sarah Lewis SME | 1 class wins · 3 lots for this buyer | 4 months ago | no comparable pairs | 54% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s median on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 9231 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:53 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
CCBC/PS3060/26/JT- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077774Find a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement will be conducted using a Competitive Flexible Procedure comprising two evaluation stages: Stage 1: Compliance, Quality and Price (60%) Compliance assessment (Pass/Fail) Quality evaluation (50%) Price evaluation (10%) Only tenderers meeting all mandatory and compliance requirements will proceed to scoring. The three highest-scoring tenderers from Stage 1 will be shortlisted for Stage 2. In the event more…
of a tie, all tied tenderers will be invited to progress. Stage 2: Interview (40%) Shortlisted tenderers will be invited to attend an interview via Microsoft Teams. The interview will assess and validate the proposed solution and will be scored against the published evaluation criteria. Final Evaluation Final scores will be calculated using: Stage 1 (Quality and Price): 60% Stage 2 (Interview): 40% The contract will be awarded to the tenderer achieving the highest overall score following completion of all evaluation stages. The contracting authority reserves the right to seek clarification of tender submissions and reserves the right not to award a contract where no suitable tender is received.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published1 day ago22 Sept 2026, 12:53 BST
- Clarification questions byin 15 days8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 30 days23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 58 days20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 74 days7 Dec 2026, 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
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 12:53 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Professional Learning and Leadership Education WalesContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender