Scope
Reference
C212/2024/2025
Description
The Welsh Government is undertaking a programme of research to inform the Programme for Government commitment to reform council tax to ensure a fairer and more progressive system. Council tax is currently based on property values which are twenty years out of date. The Welsh Government is committed to the aim of making council tax more up-to-date and fairer. The current programme of research builds on the extensive programme of work between 2017 2024 to explore reforms to local taxes and local government finance in Wales, included the exploration of the impact of council tax reforms by the IFS, published in 2023/4. This contract will develop further this previous research as well as cover related areas of local government finance reform and interest. Summary - The Welsh Government is commissioning work, over a three-year period to further understand the impacts of specifically council tax reform, but also potentially other types of local government finance reform, across a range of research questions and themed work packages.
Contract 1. Impacts of Council Tax Reform
Supplier
Contract value
- £300,000 excluding VAT
- £360,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
4 November 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 5 November 2025 to 4 November 2028
- 3 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
Contract locations
- UKL - Wales
Participation
Particular suitability
Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
Single supplier - unique work of art or performance
The requirement is unique with limited competition and a supplier exclusively placed to deliver particularly as IFS holds the intellectual property rights to a series of analytical models that are required to provide the services required.
Supplier
Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCLN-8377-ZPPT
7 Ridgmount Street
London
WC1E 7AE
United Kingdom
Email: mailbox@ifs.org.uk
Region: UKI31 - Camden and City of London
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): Yes
Contract 1. Impacts of Council Tax Reform
Contracting authority
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQYQ-3841-BHTP
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
United Kingdom
Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government
Devolved regulations that apply: Wales