Official UK procurement notice
Co-production of a children's services improvement, savings and delivery plan
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council (SBC) Children’s Services is currently projecting a significant overspend which presents a material risk to the Council’s Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP). At the same time, the Council has an established Children’s Improvement Plan and a range of service, workforce and practice reform activity underway.
Previous external support has generated recommendations but has not resulted in:
~Sufficient ownership by service managers and directors
~Clear accountability for delivery
~Robust governance and oversight
~A clear line of sight between service change, improvement actions and financial impact
The Council is therefore seeking external support to co-produce a single, integrated and delivery focused plan that aligns improvement, reform and savings activity and can be confidently overseen through existing governance arrangements.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£45,500
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lot awarding rule: Quality: 90% Compromising of the following questions: Co-production & Engagement 20% Accountability 10% Previous Experience 15% Governance & Finance 20% Building Capacity 15% Social Value 10% Price: 10%
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
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Jun 2026, 10:40 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jun 2026, 10:40 BST
- Authority reference
DN818195- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059274- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bbd1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
In order to provide unrestricted full direct sand free of charge access to the tender documents the Authority is providing the documents in the attachment area of the Pro Contract etendering portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
In order to access amendable versions of the documents and to submit a response suppliers will need to register as a supplier with Pro Contract at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ then Register an Interest before obtaining access and downloading the documents in Word and Excel format documents for completion and submission.
Timeline
24 Jun 2026 → 27 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published126 days ago24 Jun 2026, 10:40 BST
- Clarification questions by107 days ago13 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline100 days ago20 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Contract starts94 days ago27 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published24 Jun 2026, 10:40 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender