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Published 18 Sept 2026, 14:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

VCSE Development Partnership Opportunity

Authority: Borough of Telford & Wrekin (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved for SMEs and VCSEs
Published estimate £166,300≈ £28k / year · £199,560 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 2 Oct 202612:00 BST · 13d 19h left
Clarification cut-off 2 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 6 yrsstarts 18 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 1CPV 8531 · n=3 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Telford & Wrekin Council is seeking to establish a partnership with a Voluntary and Community Sector (VCSE) organisation to strengthen the resilience, sustainability and capacity of voluntary and community organisations across the Borough.

CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community · Social work services without accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 6 yrsPublished valueAED 166,300
Contract period: 18 Nov 2026 — 18 Nov 2032 (6 yrs)Delivery: West MidlandsTurnover guideline: ~AED 55,358/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
AED 166,300 exc. VAT · AED 199,560 inc. VAT
75200000 Provision of services to the community85312000 Social work services without accommodation98000000 Other community, social and personal services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored

100% quality

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 Borough of Telford & Wrekin buys Social work services (CPV 8531) — and who usually turns up

Borough of Telford & Wrekin’s own published record, next to the West Midlands market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

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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 report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Borough of Telford & Wrekin

contract notices in 36 months: 9 in CPV 8531 · 18 in division 85 (1 direct) · 46 in all categories (2 direct)

Bids per lot1CPV 8531 · 36m · n=3 lots
Single-bid lots67%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=3 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=6 pairs
Deadline → award48dCPV 8531 · 36m · n=3 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=131 notices
Awarded without competition0%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=9 notices
Bids per lot moderate · n=3
  • 1 bid 67%
  • 2–3 33%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 1 · 3 lots on 2 contested notices · CPV 8531.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=6
  • Below estimate 0%
  • Within ±2% 100%
  • Above estimate 0%

6 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

West Midlands · Social work services (CPV 8531)

contract notices delivered in West Midlands in 36 months: 187 in CPV 8531 (168 contested) · 4,365 in division 85 (3,465 contested)

Bids per lot4.5CPV 8531 · 36m · n=92 lots
Single-bid lots15%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=92 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 8531 · 36m · n=37 pairs
Deadline → award31dCPV 8531 · 36m · n=35 notices
SME bidders84%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=26 lots
Winners based in the region83%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=210 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=92
  • 1 bid 15%
  • 2–3 28%
  • 4–6 16%
  • 7+ 40%

Median 4.5 · 92 lots on 86 contested notices · CPV 8531.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=37
  • Below estimate 19%
  • Within ±2% 73%
  • Above estimate 8%

37 lot pairs · CPV 8531.

robust · n=6 Awards in Borough of Telford & Wrekin (all categories, n=6 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £166,300 that is about £166,300. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • 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). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Sept 2026, 14:53 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 14:53 BST
Authority reference
TWC001824
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Other community, social and personal servicesProvision of services to the communitySocial work services without accommodation
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077599 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via In-tend
Authorised e-sourcing portalIn-tendSupplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
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Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
Tender submission deadline
2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Please use this link to access the documents and respond to the tender - supplier.in-tend.co.uk/telford/home
Published estimate £166,300 excludes VAT (£199,560 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    18 Sept 2026, 14:53 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 14 days
    2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 14 days
    2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 60 days
    18 Nov 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
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 14:53 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Borough of Telford & Wrekin

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHHD-5776-GZNN Darby House, Telford Town Centre, Lawn Central,, Telford, Shropshire, West Midlands, TF3 4JA [email protected]
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Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender