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Published 16 Jun 2026, 15:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

All Age Carers Project · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Borough of Telford & Wrekin (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£1,450,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Every year ordinary people of all ages take on the exceptional responsibility of caring for someone as the number of people with chronic and life limiting and long-term illness increases. Caring will touch the lives of most people.

Across Telford and Wrekin approximately 18,000 people recognise themselves as having a caring role for a family member, loved one or friend.

In Telford and Wrekin, we have a vision and commitment to work together so that as many carers as possible are informed, involved, valued and receive timely and appropriate support when needed. (Telford and Wrekin All Age Carers Strategy 2024-2029) All Age Carers Strategy 2024 - 2029

This Service will play an important role in responding to Telford and Wrekin's All Age Carers Strategy 2024, it will support the delivery of the four key areas of focus identified as priorities for delivery:

  • Support unpaid carers in Telford and Wrekin to have good physical, mental health and wellbeing
  • It will work alongside community neighborhoods to develop an all-age approach to support carers across the borough
  • Work in partnership with carers and the wider community to promote a carer-friendly borough
  • Empower and co-produce with carers to drive change across the borough.

Whilst our Strategy is a commitment to carers of all ages, it is recognised the support provided has to be adapted to best meet carers needs, therefore this service specification has been developed so that it articulates the different models of support and guidance between Adults and Young Carers, whilst also noting and acknowledging that key elements of the service are the same for both Adults and Young Carers.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE 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 Borough of Telford & Wrekin buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

Borough of Telford & Wrekin’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
This buyerBorough of Telford & Wrekin · division 85
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: 2 of 6 known-size awards · market: division 85 · UK-wide, n=6,485
33%50%

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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 of 18 known-location awards · market: division 85 · UK-wide, n=8,112
56%75%

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: 7 decided notices · market: division 85 · UK-wide, n=1,039
36 days51 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 36 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.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 14 of 18 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · UK-wide, n=7,424
78%67%

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 buyer9 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
22% had one bid
The market2,291 lots with bid counts · division 85 · UK-wide
24% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid22% / 24%
Buyer: 2 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 561 of 2,291 lots with published bid counts.
2–344% / 34%
Buyer: 4 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 780 of 2,291 lots with published bid counts.
4–622% / 24%
Buyer: 2 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 546 of 2,291 lots with published bid counts.
7+11% / 18%
Buyer: 1 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 404 of 2,291 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 buyer7 lots with estimate and award · all categories
14% below estimate
The market1,403 lots with estimate and award · division 85 · UK-wide
27% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate14% / 27%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 385 of 1,403 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%86% / 63%
Buyer: 6 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 880 of 1,403 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 10%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 138 of 1,403 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 8536 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.4m

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 2,291 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet24% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 2,291 similar lots
1 bid24%
561 of 2,291 similar past lots received 1 bid (24%).
2–334%
780 of 2,291 similar past lots received 2–3 (34%).
4–624%
546 of 2,291 similar past lots received 4–6 (24%).
7+18%
404 of 2,291 similar past lots received 7+ (18%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 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 £1.4m, 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
16 Jun 2026, 15:28 BST
Last source update
16 Jun 2026, 15:28 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056744
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b62a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Jun 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published133 days ago
    16 Jun 2026, 15:28 BST
  2. Market engagement88 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    Market Engagement Event taking place via Teams on Wednesday 22nd July 10am-11.30am.

    To register your interest for this event please email MarketSustainability@telford.gov.uk stating "Carers Market Engagement Event" in the subject box. The event will be limited to two representatives from each Provider.

  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 154 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Jun 2026, 15:28 BST
    UK2

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

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 4JAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure