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Published 25 Jun 2025, 16:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Trydan Community and Stakeholder Engagement Support for Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Project

Official notice

Authority: Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru (Public body)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£80,000≈ £40k / year · £96,000 inc. VAT14.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 10 Sept 2025awarded 3 Oct 2025
Awarded to CADNO COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Contract term 2 yrsends 8 Oct 2027 · up to 8 Oct 2028 with extensions · starts 9 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Trydan has conducted a Procurement for Community and Stakeholder Support for Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Project. Trydan has appointed a provider of specialist planning communications services for the project, from conceptual design through to securing planning consent

CPV: Public relations services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£80,000
Contract period: 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 8 Oct 2028 with extensionsValue: £80,000 exc. VAT · £96,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Trydan may extend the Contract by one year with the additional total value of £40,000.
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    See tender pack for more details

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical
  • Commercial
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    See tender pack for more details

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 Jun 2025, 16:30 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2025, 10:22 BST
Authority reference
TGCCOMSAUG25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043685
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Public relations services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0553ae Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
10 Sept 2025, 10:00 BST
Clarification deadline
27 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Jun 2025 → 13 Oct 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    25 Jun 2025, 16:30 BST
  2. Market engagement
    28 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    The procurement will be going live via eTenderWales.

    etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗

    You will need to register an account to access the tender.

    Due to changes in Public Procurement all companies will now need to register on the Central Digital Platform to take part in the tender.

    Please register here:

    www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗

    If you could complete this form to express your interest and Trydan will notify once it has gone live.

    forms.office.com/e/T2xiXSMrEQ ↗

  3. Tender notice published
    29 Jul 2025, 09:12 BST
  4. Clarification questions by
    27 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    10 Sept 2025, 10:00 BST
  6. Contract starts372 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  7. Latest notice published372 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 10:22 BST
  8. Next notice expected367 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Jun 2025, 16:30 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 09:12 BST
    UK2
  3. Tender notice published
    29 Jul 2025, 09:12 BST
    UK4
  4. Status changed to active
    29 Jul 2025, 09:12 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    29 Jul 2025, 09:12 BST
  6. Deadline published: 10 Sept 2025, 10:00 BST
    29 Jul 2025, 09:12 BST
  7. Contract details notice published
    9 Oct 2025, 10:22 BST
    UK7
  8. Status changed to complete
    9 Oct 2025, 10:22 BST
Published amendments (1)

The link for the expression of interest has been changed. It is now working

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-06: 1 release · 25 Jun 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £91,8951 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 3 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CADNO COMMUNICATIONS LIMITEDSME——Awarded

Contracts

  • Trydan Community and Stakeholder Support for Solar PV · CADNO COMMUNICATIONS LIMITEDSME

    Signed
    3 Oct 2025
    Value
    £91,895
    Period
    6 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2027 · up to 5 Oct 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    There is an option to extend the contract by one year

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-COH: 15207429 Welsh Government Office, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, CF48 1UZContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Cadno CommunicationsAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PMPW-9872-VWMY Low Barn, USK, Wales, NP15 1HYContact email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsitt_118542 – Trydan Community and Stakeholder Engagement Support for Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Project
  • Technical specifications tenderTechnical specificationsitt_118542 – Trydan Community and Stakeholder Engagement Support for Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Project

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