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Better Care Transformation Programme Consultancy

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 10:17.

Opportunity overview

Direct Award Procurement of specialist consultancy services. This service will provide operational and analytical capacity to undertake a strategic review of the current Better Care Fund BCF programme. The term of the commission will be 52 weeks from the award date with the option of a further 26 weeks. The new agreement builds directly upon diagnostic findings, financial modelling, and service redesign work already completed by ARCC in 2025. A direct award is considered justified and lawful under the Procurement Act 2023 (Chapter 3, Section 41 and Schedule 5, paragraph 7), which permits award to an existing supplier where a change in supplier would result in disproportionate technical or operational difficulties, duplication of costs, or incompatibility with existing work.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

ARCC HR LTD

Matched by number
Contract value
£500k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
1 Jan 2026
Including VAT
£600k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 09859800
Location
Chester, UKD63, CH1 2HT, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ASC160
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
A direct award is considered justified and lawful under the Procurement Act 2023 (Chapter 3, Section 41 and Schedule 5, paragraph 7), which permits award to an existing supplier where a change in supplier would result in disproportionate technical or operational difficulties, duplication of costs, or incompatibility with existing work.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Id
GB-PPON-PJHD-8764-YRJJ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJHD-8764-YRJJ

Address

Street Address
Sandwell Council House
Locality
Oldbury
Postal Code
B693DE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG37

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
ARCC HR LTD
Id
GB-COH-09859800

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
09859800

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGTY-2472-GQRV

Address

Street Address
Courtsey Of Ellis and Co
Locality
Chester
Postal Code
CH1 2HT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD63

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79400000
Description
Business and management consultancy and related services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG37
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-09859800
Name
ARCC HR LTD

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Consultancy
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
1 Jan 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Dec 2026, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Jun 2027, 23:59

Renewal

Description
If work is not completed by the contract end date then the contract may be extended by six months to allow the work to be completed without any additional finanical input. Note on the delay of publishing the notice and note on signature date above. The contract was not signed on the date listed above or within the 30 days required to publish this notice which has delayed the publishing of this contract details notice.

Value

Including VAT
600,000
Amount
500,000
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
BCF Review Diagnostic Report

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
BCF Gap Analysis and Funding Framework

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
Target Operating Model for HV

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12

Documents

Entry 1
Id
041137-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
5 May 2026, 15:02
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Oldbury · UKG37 · B693DE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 041137-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·