Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 12 Sept 2025, 09:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV) Emergency Accommodation

Authority: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£5,348,640pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 8 yrsends 31 Mar 2035 · up to 31 Aug 2034 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is inviting suitably experienced Service Providers of Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV) Emergency Accommodation to attend a market engagement event.

It is currently planned to go out to tender VAWDAVSV emergency accommodation around November 2026, with a contract period yet to be determined.

The bidders must be aware that they are required to source suitable accommodation to provide the service, and that TUPE may apply.

The event has been arranged for 14th July 2026 at 10am and will take place on Microsoft teams, where Potential bidders who are interested in delivering the service are invited to meet and discuss with Council Officers the service to be tendered. The format of the event will consist of the following:

  • Presentation from the Common Commissioning Unit
  • Feedback sessions on what has been discussed

These events have been arranged as an opportunity for the Council to seek feedback from Providers and set the essential criteria you will have to meet to bid for this tender. There will also be an opportunity for potential bidders to ask the Council any questions it may have around the proposed tender.

Following on from the event all providers in attendance will be offered the opportunity to attend one to one sessions with Commissioning Officers. These sessions will allow further discussions on tender plans and the models presented.

One to one session dates will be determined following the Market Engagement Event.

Providers who are interested in engaging with the Council at this event should contact Jennifer Taylor [email protected] or Serian Ganesh [email protected] to confirm attendance and to receive the teams meeting link.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 8 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2035 (8 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2034 with extensions
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
The marketHealth and social work services (CPV 85) · Wales (Cymru)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 of 7 known-size awards · market: division 85 · Wales (Cymru), n=316
57%59%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Wales (Cymru).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 of 13 known-location awards · market: division 85 · Wales (Cymru), n=417
69%61%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 85 · Wales (Cymru), n=100
—40 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 40 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 7 of 12 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · Wales (Cymru), n=424
58%54%

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?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer7 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
14% had one bid
The market238 lots with bid counts · division 85 · Wales (Cymru)
33% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid14% / 33%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 78 of 238 lots with published bid counts.
2–343% / 40%
Buyer: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 95 of 238 lots with published bid counts.
4–643% / 17%
Buyer: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 41 of 238 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 10%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 24 of 238 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer17 lots with estimate and award · all categories
53% below estimate
The market112 lots with estimate and award · division 85 · Wales (Cymru)
29% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate53% / 29%
Buyer: 9 of 17 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 33 of 112 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%41% / 62%
Buyer: 7 of 17 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 69 of 112 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate6% / 9%
Buyer: 1 of 17 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 112 lots with an estimate and award.
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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.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 8596 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£5.3m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

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. The bar shows 238 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet33% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 238 similar lots
1 bid33%
78 of 238 similar past lots received 1 bid (33%).
2–340%
95 of 238 similar past lots received 2–3 (40%).
4–617%
41 of 238 similar past lots received 4–6 (17%).
7+10%
24 of 238 similar past lots received 7+ (10%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £5.3m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Sept 2025, 09:23 BST
Last source update
2 Jul 2026, 13:37 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-062262
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL17)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05990b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    12 Sept 2025, 09:23 BST
  2. Latest notice published115 days ago
    2 Jul 2026, 13:37 BST
  3. Market engagement102 days ago
    14 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is inviting suitably experienced Service Providers of Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV) Emergency Accommodation to attend a market engagement event.

    It is currently planned to go out to tender VAWDAVSV emergency accommodation around November 2026, with a contract period yet to be determined.

    The bidders must be aware that they are required to source suitable accommodation to provide the service, and that TUPE may apply.

    The event has been arranged for 14th July 2026 at 10:00am via Microsoft teams, where potential bidders who are interested in delivering the service are invited to meet and discuss with Council Officers the service to be tendered. The format of the event will consist of the following:

    • Presentation from the Common Commissioning Unit
    • Feedback sessions on what has been discussed

    These events have been arranged as an opportunity for the Council to seek feedback from Providers and set the essential criteria you will have to meet to bid for this tender. There will also be an opportunity for potential bidders to ask the Council any questions it may have around the proposed tender.

    Following on from the event all providers in attendance will be offered the opportunity to attend one to one sessions with Commissioning Officers. These sessions will allow further discussions on tender plans and the models presented.

    One to one session dates will be determined following the Market Engagement Event.

    Providers who are interested in engaging with the Council at this event should contact Jennifer Taylor [email protected] or Serian Ganesh [email protected] to confirm attendance and receive Microsoft teams meeting link.

  4. Today
    25 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 8 days
    1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 158 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Sept 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Sept 2025, 09:23 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Jul 2026, 13:37 BST
    UK2
  3. Published value updated to £5,348,640
    2 Jul 2026, 13:37 BST
    was £5,348,639

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PRGM-1776-LMWP Civic Centre, Port Talbot, Wales, SA13 1PJContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure