Do you provide Health Care to NHS or Public Health Services to the Council?

Download the document for more information on the changes in the Procurement Legislation (.pdf Size: 137Kb) .

Procuring for the borough 

Telford & Wrekin Council are looking for local providers, suppliers, and contractors to procure goods and services for the borough. 

Please check out this video to see if you could be 'in it, to win it'.

 

Children's and Families Support Services (CAFSS)

Telford & Wrekin Council have been leading on the development of a new tender for non-accommodation support services for children and families across the West Midlands region. The new framework will be open to a wide range of services who can contribute to keeping families safely together, supporting children to step out of care, step down to fostering, independence, and post adoption support. 

This opportunity is now open and available by visiting the GOV.UK website.

Download the slides from the Provider launch event held 13 January 2022 (.pdf Size: 1423Kb) .

Download the questions and answers from the Provider launch event held 13 January 2022 (.pdf Size: 179Kb) .

View the CAFSS Provider launch event (Thursday 13 January 2022) video:

 

 

View our YouTube video for a quick overview of CAFSS:

 

 

Dynamic Purchasing Systems

The Business Innovation Telford (BiT) team operate 4 Dynamic Purchasing Systems:

  • minor works
  • major works
  • professional consultancy
  • and Minor Works Disabled Facilities Grants.

For more information visit the biT Group website.

++Tender Alert++

The Council is seeking bids for TWC001108 - Child Criminal Exploration Support Service. For more information see https://in-tendhost.co.uk/telford/aspx/Home quoting reference TWC001108.

++Tender Alert++

The Council is seeking bids for TWC001170 - Short Breaks Foster Care Overnight Service for Children and Young People with a Disability. For more information see https://in-tendhost.co.uk/telford/aspx/Home quoting refence TWC001170.

SENDIAS Tender Provider Engagement

Telford & Wrekin Council will publish a tender for the provision of the Special Education Need and/or Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIAS) around the 1st April 2026.    A prior information notice was published 21/1/2026 - SENDIAS Service Tender - Find a Tender

The Service shall support the Council and ICB to fulfil its duty in accordance with the requirements of the Children & Families Act 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice 2015 which sets an expectation that children, young people, parent/carers should be involved in the identification, assessment and decision making about the provision to meet special educational needs or disabilities.

The SEND Information Advice and Support Services (SENDIAS) shall provide children, young people (aged 0–25) and their parent/carers(s) with free impartial, confidential and accurate information, advice and support about education, health and social care on matters relating to special education needs and disability.  This provision should support independence and self-advocacy for children, young people and parents, enabling them to take part effectively in discussions and decisions relating to their education, health and care provision. 

The Contract will start 1st October 2026 for a duration of up to 7 years. 

TUPE will apply for existing service personnel.

The Commissioner invites prospective and interested providers to a market engagement event on 17th February 2026 10-11am, via MTeams – please see the link below.

 

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/37077707501257?p=s23r9cWvZOaoVqLOxU

Meeting ID: 370 777 075 012 57

Passcode: 88jX3XV9

 

We look forward to seeing you.

Last updated : 29 January 2026

Suppliers Guide to Transforming Public Procurement 2024

In March 2024 the Procurement Regulations were laid in Parliament to replace the Public Contract Regulations 2015 following the exit of the EU. The new public procurement legislation will ‘go live’ on 24 February 2025. Whilst we’re in this transitional period the Council will follow the PCR 2015. All projects after the go live date will follow the new legislation, so here’s some guidance to assist.

Overview

The Government aims to improve the way public procurement is regulated to promote a simpler more flexible, transparent and compliant route to contract that is open to all suppliers. A short guide on the changes can we viewed online.

The transition period between April 2024 and the go live date, the public sector and suppliers will be assisted by the Government through knowledge drops, animations, webinars and online guidance.

What are the Key Changes?

The Procurement Act objectives are to deliver value for money, maximise public benefit, share information and act with integrity. To deliver this the key changes are;

  • Transparency has been enhanced throughout the commercial lifecycle of the contract, from pre-procurement pipelines, procurement notices, through the contract amendments to payments.
  • Procurement Procedures have been streamlined to three processes, the open procedure, the competitive flexible procedure and direct award, making it easier to bid and communicate with the Public Sector.
  • Frameworks, open frameworks and Dynamic Markets will support approved suppliers for goods, services and works with more flexible processes and timescales.
  • Enhance Contract Finder for contract notices, contract management notices and payment notices for all values.
  • A Central Digital Platform for a one stop shop for suppliers to add their basic company information, reducing the need to submit it for every bid.
  • Most Advantageous Tender Award criteria emphasizing optimum price and quality ratio.
  • KPI’s will be included on contracts above £2m.
  • Conflicts of interest assessments to be introduced to all procurements.
  • Enhanced duties of the Public Review Service.
  • Procurement Review Service will have enhanced duties to take action when Suppliers under perform.

Benefits to Prospective Suppliers

The Government document sets out how the new regime will deliver benefits to suppliers. The new regime will remove historical barriers and make it easier for Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community, and social Enterprises (VCSEs) to bid for public sector opportunities. 

As a contracting authority we will have regard to;

  • Being proportionate with the requirements
  • Realistic timescales to bid
  • Transparency of notices to reach a wide range of suppliers to ensure a diverse representation of businesses for the opportunity
  • The Council will try to be as inclusive as it can to all categories of suppliers during the procurement process.
  • Strengthened the prompt payments with suppliers and their supply chain to 30 days.

To read the full benefits the Procurement Act lends itself to prospective Suppliers.

What to do to prepare

The Government have launched the official learning and development Knowledge Drops and animations to introduce the Act and support Suppliers. These are a high level overview of the changes to the procurement regulations and are aimed to supplier including SME’s and VCSE’s.

We encourage you to receive regular Government updates when new guidance is released.

There are also factsheets (.pdf Size: 705Kb) which outline the key benefits, the new Procurement Act and the next steps.

Keep up to date with what we buy with the Council’s Contracts Register (.pdf Size: 1250Kb) . 

Get yourself registered on the Find a Tender Service. This is where all UK tender notices are published. 

The Governments next phase (Launch date to be confirmed) of the Procurement Act is to deliver a Central Digital Platform (CPD). This will be a new supplier information system where suppliers can register and submit the basic company information. The CPD will be a single place where Supplier information can be accessed by Public Sector organisations to support bids. This will reduce the burden of Suppliers completing the same basic company information in every bid.

 

News and information

Keep yourselves up to date with the Governments news feed on the Transforming Public Procurement. 

Central Digital Platform 

The Procurement Act has also introduced the Central Digital Platform (CDP). The CDP is the new platform to facilitate publication of notices and store Supplier data making it easier for Suppliers to see Public Sector opportunities and reduce the burden of supplying the same information in multiple bids. 

Suppliers will need to register to the CDP to bid for opportunities after 24 February. TTP have put together guidance for the CDP on how to register, how to add your company information and how to use the system.  Please read through the guidance and this will answer a lot of your questions as well as who the information will be visible too. You’ll need to update your information in the CDP when natural changes happen to ensure the Public Sector evaluates your bids accurately. The easy read TPP guides are attached below but they are also available online:

On a DPS?

If you’re an approved Supplier on a DPS nothing will change until the natural end date of the DPS. However, all DPS’s must automatically come to an end by 23 February 2029. The Council will be transitioning all the current DPS’s to a new Dynamic Markets in line with the new Procurement Act. Further details will be posted through the individual DPS.

Download the Procurement Act 2023 – a short guide for suppliers (.pdf Size: 360Kb) .

Download the supplementary information: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises definition (.pdf Size: 629Kb) .

Last updated : 9 April 2025