Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract Details Notice for the Provision of Disclosure and Barring Services
Notice Description
This is a contract details notice for the provision of a disclosure and barring service for Flintshire County Council now that the contract has been fully signed. The procurement was advertised to the market and was procured under the open procedure. A tender notice and contract award notice have been previously published.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 5 year contract with the option to extend on an annual basis for an additional 3 years. (5+1+1+1)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-056187
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014548-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1
- Lots Value
- £1
- Awards Value
- £431,503 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £431,502 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-06-15
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FLINTSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Lisa Rainford
- Contact Email
- procurement@denbighshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01824 712194
Buyer Location
- Locality
- FLINTSHIRE
- Postcode
- CH7 6NA
- Post Town
- Chester
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL3 North Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL34 Flintshire and Wrexham
- Delivery Location
- TLL23 Flintshire and Wrexham
-
- Local Authority
- Flintshire
- Electoral Ward
- Mold East
- Westminster Constituency
- Clwyd East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014548-2026
17th February 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061819-2025
2nd October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041054-2025
17th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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