Awarded contract

Research on the role of the Set up and Succeed programme in expanding Welsh-medium early years provision into the future

Details

Buyer: Welsh Government
Supplier(s): Arad Research
Duration: 8 months
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 10 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The aim of this work is to investigate the role of Set up and Succeed in efforts to expand Welsh-medium childcare and early years provision. The considerations for a programme to further develop Welsh-medium childcare and early years provision in the future will be explored, along with the future of the programme, while understanding the needs of the sector and how the sector has changed. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published10 February 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date10 February 2026
Next: Contract expiry date6 October 2026in 6 days

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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