Scope
Description
A below-threshold tender has recently been conducted for the provision of student counselling services. This provision is required to support the University's in-house counselling provision. The requirement was to appoint an external service provider to supply a team of professionally qualified counsellors to offer 1:1 therapeutic interventions to the University's students.
Contract 1. Provision of Student Counselling Services
Supplier
Contract value
- £130,000 excluding VAT
- £130,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Date signed
29 September 2025
Contract dates
- 3 October 2025 to 2 October 2027
- Possible extension to 2 October 2028
- 3 years
Description of possible extension:
There is a 12-month extension option included within this contract which will be exercised at the sole discretion of the University.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85312320 - Counselling services
Contract locations
- UKL2 - East Wales
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - limited competition
Supplier
Platfform for Change
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBYH-4123-BZWY
Beaufort House, Beaufort Road
Swansea
SA6 8JG
United Kingdom
Email: tenders@platfform.org
Region: UKL18 - Swansea
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Provision of Student Counselling Services
Contracting authority
Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPNB-5569-JLHH
Llandaff campus
Cardiff
CF5 2YB
United Kingdom
Email: tenders@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government
Devolved regulations that apply: Wales