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Published 6 Sept 2021, 10:47 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

HCC - 01/21 - Provision of Community Opportunity Services

Hertfordshire County Council
Local Council
services
SME eligible
Framework
Open procedure
Social work and related services
East of England (UKH23)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Open procedure
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Hertfordshire County Council: "HCC - 01/21 - Provision of Community Opportunity Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
This is an award notice, and this opportunity is closed. Please see section V (award of contract) for further details. Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) has established a contract for The Provision of a Community Opportunity Service. Please note that the value entered in V.2.4 is for the full contract period.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This is an award notice, and this opportunity is closed. Please see section V (award of contract) for further details. Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) has established a contract for The Provision of a Community Opportunity Service. Please note that the value entered in V.2.4 is for the full contract period.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 100%
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)One YMCAHolds 32.3% of historical attributable spend
Moderate Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Hertfordshire County Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Hertfordshire County Council. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    -0.9%Indicative
    Based on 1 comparable award · indicative evidence
    Competition Density
    6Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 11.1% · Mean: 25.5 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    Moderate Concentration
    One YMCATop vendor: 32.3% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £187,491,231Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 57 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £1,157,280Robust (n=37)
    Middle 50% of awards: £160,719 – £3,892,497 · 289% of the sector median for CPV 85
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (57 active published awards)
    Coverage: 57 active published awards; 45 bid reports (which may be per lot); 37 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    One YMCA1 win£60,545,156No published budget
    Care By Us Ltd6 wins£37,800,880No published budget
    Kelwel Care Homes Limited1 win£16,943,414No published budget
    Refuge1 win£13,322,839+0.9% above budget
    MACINTYRE CARE1 win£13,100,000No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Suitable for SMEs
    Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 00:26 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 450 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 24,051 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~54 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 586 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    6 updates
    2 deadline changes
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCRN: RM1
    		40 contracts£166,246,903,700At ceiling / not disclosed
    James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RGP
    		23 contracts£35,248,700,687At ceiling / not disclosed
    East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RDE
    		23 contracts£27,480,539,010At ceiling / not disclosed
    The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RCX
    		17 contracts£27,287,590,145At ceiling / not disclosed
    Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RJ1
    		24 contracts£23,471,877,206At ceiling / not disclosed
    LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUSTCRN: RJ2
    		14 contracts£14,636,940,244At ceiling / not disclosed
    ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITEDCRN: 01245534
    		13 contracts£14,362,569,838At ceiling / not disclosed
    NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTCRN: RX1
    		18 contracts£13,166,371,703At ceiling / not disclosed
    Barts Health NHS Trust​CRN: R1H
    		4 contracts£12,843,963,488At ceiling / not disclosed
    GROWING SPACE
    		6 contracts£12,491,739,544-0% below budget
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Pre Market Engagement: Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3)Manchester City Council · 2 Sept 2026, 17:59 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    HIV Community ServicesSomerset Council · 3 Sept 2026, 16:06 BST
    		£140,000
    same CPV family
    Bedford and Luton Community Forensic ServicesEssex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · 7 Sept 2026, 16:29 BST
    		£1,812,500
    same CPV family
    North East London Community Dermatology ServiceNHS North East London Integrated Care Board · 28 Aug 2026, 13:06 BST
    		£19,117,580
    same CPV family
    Provision of GP ServicesNORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · 3 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.SME Friendly Qualification Criteria

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
    CELEX · 32014L0024
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureFramework agreementCompetition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published6 Sept 2021, 10:47 BSTLast source update6 Sept 2021, 10:47 BST
    Classification (CPV)Social work and related services
    Delivery area
    East of England (UKH23)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-028d05
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      6 Sept 2021, 10:47 BST
    2. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    3. Contract active
      Signed 6 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST · £32,400,000

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (1)
    Age UK Hertfordshire, Alpine Resources UK Limited, Alternative Care Services Limited, Ancora Care and Support Group Ltd, Avanti Care Services Limited, Blueberry Hill Care Limited, Blueboard Care Services Ltd, CSN Care Group Limited, Care by Us Ltd, Carers in Hertfordshire, Cathartic C.I.C, Choice Global Limited, Church Farm Ardeley C.I.C, Churchill Health Care Ltd, Communities 1st
    Not published · Not published · active
    Contracts (1)
    The Provision of a Community Opportunity Service
    £32,400,000 · signed 6 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST · active
    Bid statistics
    bids: 94 (lot 1)
    electronicBids: 94 (lot 1)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 94 (lot 1)
    smeBids: 71 (lot 1)
    Bidding dynamics & published budget outcome
    Total bids received: 94 (71 from SMEs)
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. tender value changed
      6 Sept 2021, 10:47 BST
    2. Status changed to complete
      6 Sept 2021, 10:47 BST
    3. Official notice release published
      6 Sept 2021, 10:47 BST
    4. Submission deadline changed to published date
      6 Sept 2021, 10:47 BST
    5. Published value updated to £32,400,000
      25 Jan 2021, 13:38 GMT
    6. Status changed to active
      25 Jan 2021, 13:38 GMT
    7. Official notice release published
      25 Jan 2021, 13:38 GMT
    8. Submission deadline changed to 23 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
      25 Jan 2021, 13:38 GMT
    9. Buyer information updated
      25 Jan 2021, 13:38 GMT

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    48 participating organisations

    Hertfordshire County Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PWJT-5264-WYMY
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    Other participating organisations & roles (48)

    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
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    No linked documents are published