Impacts of Council Tax Reform – Research Programme
Details
- Buyer
- Welsh Government
- Supplier(s)
- The Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Value
- £300,000
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Research and development services and related consultancy services
- Published
- 27 October 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender 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 Council tax is currently based on property values which are twenty years out of date.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 award Title: Impacts of Council Tax Reform
Timeline
- Completed: Award published27 October 2025Current notice
- Completed: Award date27 October 2025
- Next: Contract expiry date9 November 2028in 2 years
About the buyer
The Welsh Government is the devolved government for Wales and buys as a central government body through its Corporate Procurement Services team. That team advises departments on procurement and supports larger tenders. Commercial Procurement ICT handles digital contracts and lets ICT frameworks for the Welsh public sector. Welsh Government Commercial Delivery, formerly the National Procurement Service, builds national frameworks with councils and the Welsh NHS. They are listed on the Wales Collaborative Procurement Hub on Sell2Wales. Welsh contracting authorities' notices appear on Sell2Wales and the Central Digital Platform, with pipelines of larger future contracts.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Welsh Government's contract awards have been in business services, research and development and architectural and engineering services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@welsh-government.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@welsh-government.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@welsh-government.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@welsh-government.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@welsh-government.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@welsh-government.gov |
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