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Published 15 Oct 2026, 11:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Youth Healthy Relationships Service

Authority: Cardiff Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£495,000≈ £495k / year · £495,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 16 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 31d 11h left
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Jan 2028 · up to 1 Feb 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

B2 THE YOUTH HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS SERVICE WILL SUPPORT IDENTIFIED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH REGARD TO ENSURING SAFE AND HEALTHY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, ESPECIALLY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AND RELATIONSHIPS. THE SERVICE WILL PROVIDE ADVICE ON SAFE SEXUAL HEALTH, CONSENT, BODY IMAGE, TOXIC MASCULINITY, MISOGYNY AND ASPECTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS, DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE ROLE TO PARENTS AND CARERS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CHILD’S RELATIONSHIPS AS PART OF A WHOLE FAMILY APPROACH. GROUP WORK AND ONE TO ONE SUPPORT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH REFERRALS PREDOMINANTLY FROM CHILDREN’S SOCIAL SERVICES, SCHOOLS, CARDIFF YOUTH SERVICE AND THE FAMILY ADVICE, SUPPORT & PROTECTION HUB (FASPH).

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£495,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jan 2028 (1 yr) · up to 1 Feb 2030 with extensionsValue: £495,000 exc. VAT · £495,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£990,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: 2 X12 Months

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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 are scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Price: 30%
  • Community Wellbeing Benefits: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Price
  • Quality
  • Community Wellbeing Benefits

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £990,000 (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 Cardiff Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

Cardiff Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. 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
This buyerCardiff Council · all categories
The marketHealth and social work services (CPV 85) · Wales (Cymru)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 12 of 28 known-size awards · market: division 85 · Wales (Cymru), n=967
43%58%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 28 of 44 known-location awards · market: division 85 · Wales (Cymru), n=683
64%56%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).

How long to a decision?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 15 decided notices · market: division 85 · Wales (Cymru), n=98
61 days39 days

Half of these awards were announced within 61 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 17 of 36 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · Wales (Cymru), n=750
47%64%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer25 lots with bid counts · all categories
12% had one bid
The market482 lots with bid counts · division 85 · Wales (Cymru)
54% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid12% / 54%
Buyer: 3 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 260 of 482 lots with published bid counts.
2–344% / 28%
Buyer: 11 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 135 of 482 lots with published bid counts.
4–636% / 12%
Buyer: 9 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 56 of 482 lots with published bid counts.
7+8% / 6%
Buyer: 2 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 31 of 482 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer21 lots with estimate and award · all categories
48% below estimate
The market155 lots with estimate and award · division 85 · Wales (Cymru)
30% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate48% / 30%
Buyer: 10 of 21 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 47 of 155 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%24% / 61%
Buyer: 5 of 21 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 94 of 155 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate29% / 9%
Buyer: 6 of 21 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 14 of 155 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #112 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£495k
Expected competition
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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. The bar shows 482 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet54% single-bid risk
Past bids on 482 similar lots
1 bid54%
260 of 482 similar past lots received 1 bid (54%).
2–328%
135 of 482 similar past lots received 2–3 (28%).
4–612%
56 of 482 similar past lots received 4–6 (12%).
7+6%
31 of 482 similar past lots received 7+ (6%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 1 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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 £495k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

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

Who could compete for this lot?
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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.

No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.

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 match score 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
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
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
15 Oct 2026, 11:02 BST
Last source update
15 Oct 2026, 11:02 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097354
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078849 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Submission portal named on this notice: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £495,000 excludes VAT (£495,000 including VAT).

Timeline

15 Oct 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    15 Oct 2026, 11:02 BST
  2. Today
    16 Oct 2026
  3. Submission deadlinein 31 days
    16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 108 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    15 Oct 2026, 11:02 BST
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cardiff Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PVHP-5769-YHRQ County Hall, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 4UWContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender