Official UK procurement notice
Training on Homelessness Act 2026
Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDesign and delivery of a national training programme to support the implementation of Phase 1 of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026, ensuring relevant practitioners are prepared for the new legislative requirements.
- No preliminary market engagement: A Preliminary Market Engagement Notice was not published as the requirement is clearly defined, there is an established and competitive market of training providers, and sufficient information is available to develop the procurement and specification without undertaking market engagement.
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£200,000
- Value
- £200,000 exc. VAT · £240,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- The Client retains the right to invoke a 1 month extension which is to time only, at no additional cost, and is there solely for contingency purposes
- Economic & financial standingDetails available in Invitation to Tender (ITT)
- Technical & professional abilityDetails available in Invitation to Tender (ITT)
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 — 70%
- Commercial — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Economic & financial standingDetails available in Invitation to Tender (ITT)
- Technical & professional abilityDetails available in Invitation to Tender (ITT)
- Price carries 30 of 100 points — a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £532,928 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring — the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government buys Research and development services (CPV 73) — and who usually turns up
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government’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: Research and development services (CPV 73) →
How the contest usually goes
This buyer’s published record next to the market where the work is delivered — contested contracts only, counted per lot
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 53 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid15% / 12%
2–338% / 27%
4–639% / 33%
7+8% / 28%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate43% / 57%
Within ±2%53% / 36%
Above estimate5% / 8%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors — from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Price forecast£200,000
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–342%
4–626%
7+22%
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Where the winning price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 36 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A guide, not a price to bid.
Forecast£200,000
Middle 50%£180k–£200k
Estimate£200k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES(THE)Worked for this buyer | Construction Workforce Assessment notice published Nov 2025 | — | — | 73% match |
| CARDIFF UNIVERSITYWorked for this buyer | Welsh Government - 'When I am Ready’ scheme evaluationruns to Apr 2027 | — | £150k | 72% match |
| Imogen Blood AssociatesWorked for this buyer | Integration of lived experience in homelessness and housing policies in Walesnotice published Dec 2025 | — | — | 72% match |
| Cordis Bright LtdWorked for this buyer | Evaluation of the Real Living Wage for Social Care Workers in Walesnotice published Nov 2023 | — | — | 71% match |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
CARDIFF UNIVERSITYLarge | £9.6m27 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 11 live · £72m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 |
Homeless LinkLarge | £1.9m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £127k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
| £477k7 awards in 36m · last this month | 3 live · £506k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=2 | |
| £468k4 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 2 live · £335k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £387k7 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 5 live · £357k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 15% below n=2 |
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each figure 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 sides are never blended. A lot’s own market is read at its delivery region where the lot names one; where it names several, or none that can be resolved, the chart falls back to the UK-wide record for the same category and says so under the bar. An empty cell means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- When we call out a difference. A buyer figure is only flagged against the market when the sample is large enough that the gap is unlikely to be chance; at most two callouts appear, always phrased as a comparison with both numbers and the sample size.
- Coverage (re-measured 5 Oct on the live record, 94,497 awarded procedures of the last three years). 51 % publish a bid count and 72 % a delivery region, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice names none, labelled. Of the 17,687 award-vs-estimate pairs, 34 % sit exactly on the estimate — the buyer published the award at the figure it advertised. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden, and a distribution is not drawn as percentages below ten observations.
- “Match”, text similarity, the expected-bid figure and the distribution drawn beneath it are model outputs, not published facts or win probabilities. 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 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 18 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
C354/2025/2026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095262- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0783e2Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
- Please see specification
- Risks
- Please see specification
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- cy, en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today8 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST
- Clarification questions byin 26 days3 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 33 days10 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 71 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 87 days4 Jan 2027
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
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2026- Tender notice published8 Oct 2026, 14:27 BSTUK4
- First tender notice published8 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender