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AwardedAwarded 1 January 2026

Better Care Transformation Programme Consultancy

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council · Local authority

In brief

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council awarded consultancy work to Arcc HR Ltd on 1 January 2026.

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What the notice says

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.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Arcc HR Ltd (SME)£500,000
Awarded 1 December 2025
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Transparency notice · UK5, notice 078766-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 078785-2025
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 041137-2026

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From notice 078766-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 2 December 2025, last updated 5 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.