Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 23 Jul 2025, 16:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Contract Details Notice - Parks Development Strategy

Official notice

Authority: City & County of Swansea (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£50,000£60,000 inc. VAT0.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Aug 2025awarded 12 Sept 2025
Awarded to Counterculture Partnership LLP
Contract term 3 moends 8 Dec 2025 · starts 5 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract Details Notice for Contract for the provision of a Parks Development Strategy

CPV: Evaluation consultancy services · General management consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 moSMEVCSEPublished value£50,000
Contract period: 5 Sept 2025 – 8 Dec 2025 (3 mo)Value: £50,000 exc. VAT · £60,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    Please see RFQ document

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 were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Presentation: 30%
  • Price: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality
  • Price
  • Presentation
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    Please see RFQ document

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Awarded
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
23 Jul 2025, 16:57 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2025, 10:17 BST
Authority reference
CCS/25/112
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042520
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Evaluation consultancy servicesGeneral management consultancy servicesResearch and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL18)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0564ea Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
13 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Jul 2025 → 29 Sept 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 16:57 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    13 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    5 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published393 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 10:17 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 16:57 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    29 Sept 2025, 10:17 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    29 Sept 2025, 10:17 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £49,8501 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Counterculture Partnership LLP£49,850 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract for the provision of a Parks Development Strategy · Counterculture Partnership LLP

    Signed
    12 Sept 2025
    Value
    £49,850
    Period
    12 Sept 2025 – 22 Dec 2025
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City & County of Swansea

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PYYD-8699-BJGD Civic Centre, Swansea, Wales, SA1 3SNContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Counterculture Partnership LLPAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PMTM-2815-LQJV 23 St Leonards Road, Bexhill, South East, TN40 1HHContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender