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Fast Track Business Case Validation

Torbay Council

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21 Aug 2026 at 13:35

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Summary of the contracting process

Torbay Council commissioned a business consulting service to validate prioritised opportunities identified through its Digital Blueprint workshops. The Fast Track Validation service is designed to be rapid, time-boxed, templated and flexible, producing the detail needed to decide whether each opportunity should proceed to implementation. This is a professional business service covering analysis, business-case development and decision support rather than physical goods or construction. The work is for delivery in the South West, with Torbay Council as the buying organisation. The requirement is relevant to consultancies experienced in assessing digital or transformation opportunities and turning workshop outputs into practical implementation decisions. The procurement is categorised under business services, including consulting and related professional services.

The procurement has been completed and awarded. Torbay Council made a direct award through the G Cloud 14 framework to Triple Value Impact Limited on 13 April 2026. The awarded value is £331,948 including the stated currency of GBP. The contract runs from 14 April 2026 to 13 October 2027. The tender submission deadline was 13 April 2026 at 5:00 pm. The procurement used a direct-award route rather than an open competition, with G Cloud 14 identified as the framework. The tender’s estimated value was also £331,948 GBP. The opportunity was marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and not reserved for voluntary, community or social enterprises. The selected supplier is listed with active award status.

This award demonstrates a defined requirement from Torbay Council for structured validation of digital and transformation opportunities, delivered at pace and linked directly to implementation decisions. A credible future supplier would need consultants who can take prioritised workshop outputs, apply a repeatable business-case validation method and adapt templates to the circumstances of each opportunity. The work calls for concise analysis, commercial judgement and the ability to present clear evidence for proceed-or-stop decisions. Small and medium-sized businesses were considered suitable, so a specialist consultancy may be competitive if it can show relevant digital transformation, business-case and opportunity-assessment experience. The route used here also indicates that suppliers able to operate through the relevant public-sector cloud services framework can access this type of requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Fast Track Business Case Validation

Notice Description

The Fast Track Validation service is a rapid, time-boxed, templatised, but flexible method to validate each of the prioritised opportunities from the Digital Blueprint workshops, providing the details required to make a decision to proceed to implementation.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-52f38b65-9a21-47d2-98fe-a93233ed483e
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8aa718a9-6061-4b08-a473-09451825e1cb
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other - Direct award via framework G Cloud 14
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£331,948 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£331,948 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Aug 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
13 Apr 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Apr 20264 months ago
Contract Period
14 Apr 2026 - 13 Oct 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Torbay Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TORQUAY
Postcode
TQ1 3DR
Postcode Area
Torquay
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK4 Devon
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK42 Torbay
Delivery Location
TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Torbay
Electoral Ward
Tormohun
Westminster Constituency
Torbay

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Triple Value Impact Ltd

Further Information

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