Official UK procurement notice
TC143 - All Age Prevention Flexible Purchasing System (FPS)
Authority: Bolton Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Flexible Purchasing System has been set up for the VCSE sector in Bolton for the provision of preventative and carer services for children and adults.
There are 2 Lots:
Lot 1 – Adults Prevention Services:
Lot 2 – Childrens Prevention Services
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Social services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 37 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 23 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
3 yrs 11 mo from 1 Apr 2025, Flexible Purchasing system which will run from 1 April 2025 until 4 years from the Procurement Act 2023 becoming law.
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Adults Prevention ServicesAwarded
The Flexible Purchasing System has been set up for the VCSE sector in Bolton for the provision of preventative and carer services for children and adults.
Lot 1 – Adults Prevention Services:
Lot #2Childrens Prevention ServicesAwarded
The Flexible Purchasing System has been set up for the VCSE sector in Bolton for the provision of preventative and carer services for children and adults.
Lot 2 – Childrens Prevention Services
Lot #3Adults Prevention Services
Lot 1 - VCSE Providers who work with adults only
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 award criteria (3)
- Quality: 60%
- Social Value: 40%
- Price: 0%
- “TC143 - All Age Prevention Flexible Purchasing System (FPS)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Dec 2024, 14:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Jan 2026, 13:51 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
DN754363- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-005314- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c188Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 13 Jan 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 Jan 2025, 16:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Jan 2025 → 21 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown13 Jan 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Jan 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published274 days ago21 Jan 2026, 13:51 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Jan 2026, 13:51 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £649,703, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 005314-2026-TC143-1
- Signed
- 4 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 005314-2026-TC143-2
- Signed
- 4 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 23 Feb 2029
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Adults Prevention Services | 37bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Childrens Prevention Services | 37bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court LondonReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
23 commercial parties on the notice- Age UK (Bolton)Framework contractor
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Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.