# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=childrens-services-review 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "North Wales Children’s Regional Partnership Board: Children’s Services Review" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/bfadbaac-f500-4ead-bca8-dd44e1910d1e/oct664903" last-updated: 2026-10-13T13:15:00.888793+00:00 --- # North Wales Children’s Regional Partnership Board: Children’s Services Review Denbighshire County Council seeks an experienced, suitably qualified person or organisation to review Children’s Services across North Wales. The notice describes rising referrals and increasingly complex needs, including children’s and young people’s mental-health crisis support. The procurement is an open below-threshold competition, split into one lot, with an estimated value of £120,000 excluding VAT. The planned term is January to March 2027, with a possible extension to March 2028 subject to funding. Submissions are electronic, in English or Welsh; quality is weighted 80% and price 20%. - Status: open - Country: GB - Buyer: Denbighshire County Council - Submission deadline: 2026-11-04 (date) - Original notice: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT664903 - Source checked: 2026-10-13T13:02:40.553285Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "bfadbaac-f500-4ead-bca8-dd44e1910d1e", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-13T13:15:00.888793+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-13T13:02:40.553285Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/bfadbaac-f500-4ead-bca8-dd44e1910d1e/oct664903", "locale": "en", "title": "North Wales Children’s Regional Partnership Board: Children’s Services Review", "summary": "Denbighshire County Council seeks an experienced, suitably qualified person or organisation to review Children’s Services across North Wales. 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Description of extensions: Full details are included in the tender ITT document. Any extension is Subject to funding being confirmed to deliver Part 2 of the project.\nContracting authority: Cyngor Sir Ddinbych / Denbighshire County Council, Public Procurement Organisation Number: PTPG-8659-JMCD, public authority. Address: Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, LL15 1YN, United Kingdom.\nProcedure type: Below threshold - open competition. Is the total value above threshold: Below threshold.\nDivided into 1 lots. Lot number: 1.\nCPV classifications: 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services; 72224000 - Project management consultancy services; 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services; 85300000 - Social work and related services; 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services.\nDelivery regions: UKL13 - Conwy and Denbighshire; UKL12 - Gwynedd; UKL11 - Isle of Anglesey; UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham.\nLot value (estimated): 120000.00 GBP Excluding VAT. 144000.00 GBP Including VAT.\nContract start date (estimated): 01 January 2027, 00:00AM. Contract end date (estimated): 31 March 2027, 23:59PM. Extension end date (estimated): 31 March 2028, 23:59PM. Can the contract be extended? Yes. Does the lot include options? 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