Official UK procurement notice
Wirral Restorative Justice & Mediation Service
Authority: Wirral Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWirral Borough Council's Community Safety Service seeks to commission a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver a Restorative Justice (RJ) and Mediation Service across the Borough of Wirral.
The Council require a high-quality, victim-focused Restorative Justice and Mediation Service that supports the resolution of conflict, repairs harm, improves community relationships and contributes to the reduction of anti-social behaviour and community tensions.
The successful provider will be expected to deliver services in accordance with current Restorative Justice Council (RJC) standards and guidance and adopt a trauma-informed, restorative and person-centred approach throughout service delivery. RJC Practice Guidance 2020
As a minimum, the successful provider must be able to:
- Manage referrals from multiple referral pathways.
- Deliver a safe, impartial and effective restorative justice and mediation service.
- Demonstrate adherence to Restorative Justice Council Best Practice Guidance.
- Deliver interventions that are tailored to the needs and circumstances of participants.
- Undertake robust assessments, safeguarding procedures and risk management processes.
- Facilitate a range of restorative interventions, including direct and indirect restorative processes.
- Support the resolution of anti-social behaviour, neighbour disputes and community conflict.
- Deliver community-based restorative approaches and community problem-solving interventions.
- Work collaboratively with Wirral Borough Council, Merseyside Police and partner agencies.
- Monitor service performance and demonstrate positive outcomes for participants and communities.
The successful provider must ensure the service is fully operational and prepared to receive referrals from the commencement date of the contract.
CPV: Provision of services to the community · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£45,000
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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 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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical / Quality Assessment: 80%
- Cost / Commercial Element: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical / Quality Assessment: A series of questions designed to assess the service provision proposed and its suitability in relation to the specification provided
- Cost / Commercial Element: Pricing Schedule designed to assess tenderers commercial proposal.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £90,000 (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 Wirral Borough Council buys Social work and related services (CPV 8530), and who usually turns up
Wirral Borough Council’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: Social work and related services (CPV 8530) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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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.
Half of these awards have an award date within 82 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
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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.
1 bid20% / 15%
2–330% / 37%
4–630% / 30%
7+20% / 19%
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.
Below estimate33% / 11%
Within ±2%67% / 79%
Above estimate0% / 11%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 7520Published estimate£45k
This lot is listed as CPV 7520. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid20%
2–347%
4–630%
7+3%
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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.
Based on 30 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£42k–£45k
Estimate£45k
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.
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Change, Grow, LiveWorked for this buyer | Community Substance Misuse Servicenotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| LOCAL SOLUTIONSWorked for this buyer | Community Health Checksruns to Mar 2029 | — | £159k | Similar wording and category |
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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £1.6m6 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £304k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=2 | |
Change, Grow, LiveLarge | £315m30 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 4 live · £91m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=12 |
VICTIM SUPPORTLarge | £87m28 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 11 live · £20m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 |
| £2.7m8 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £1.8m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £687k6 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 5 live · £675k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 20% below n=3 |
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.
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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
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:36 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:36 BST
- Authority reference
DN827930- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095642- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How to participate & submission route
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- Tender submission deadline
- 29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
9 Oct 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published19 days ago9 Oct 2026, 12:36 BST
- Clarification questions by47h ago26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 24h29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 64 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Oct 2026, 12:36 BSTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender