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WMFS Counselling Service

Buyer: West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority →

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BuyerWest Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority
StatusClosed
Deadline21 Aug 2026
Value£90,000
Published22 Jul 2026

What is being bought

West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority (the Authority) is seeking to award a contract for the provision of a Face-to-Face Counselling Service under Part 6 of the Procurement Act (below-threshold contracts) under the Light Touch Regime.

Delivery location

UKG, GB

Categories

Company health services 85147000Guidance and counselling services 85312300Counselling services 85312320

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
ValueAED 90,000
Contract periodFrom 7 Oct 2026 to 6 Oct 2027

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Company health services, Guidance and counselling services, Counselling servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Company health services (85147000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8528,3901 median · 23.7 average (15,765 of 28,390 with a bid count)1.8 average (17,079 of 28,390 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKG9661 median · 15.2 average (742 of 966 with a bid count)1.3 average (760 of 966 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4601 median · 1.9 average (22 of 460 with a bid count)1 average (26 of 460 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£58,554 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £90,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d08c
Latest release ID069027-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 22 2026 09:47:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069027-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-21T17:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-05T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£90,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
22 Jul 2026tender069027-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
22 Jul 2026 · 069027-2026 · tender
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