Summary
- OCID:
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d421
- Published by:
- Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
- Authority ID:
- AA0007
- Publication date:
- 27 October 2025
- Deadline date:
- -
- Notice type:
- UK5
- Has documents:
- No
- Has SPD:
- No
- Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
- N/A
Abstract
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 Council tax is currently based on property values which are twenty years out of date.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.
Full notice text
Scope
Procurement reference
C212/2024/2025
Procurement 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 Council tax is currently based on property values which are twenty years out of date.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.
Contracting authority
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
Identification register:
Address 1: Cathays Park
Town/City: Cardiff
Postcode: CF10 3NQ
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://gov.wales
Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQYQ-3841-BHTP
Contact name: Joanne Amesbury
Email: Joanne.Amesbury@gov.wales
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government
Devolved regulations that apply: Wales
Supplier
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Identification register:
Address 1: 7 Ridgmount Street
Town/City: London
Postcode: WC1E 7AE
Country: United Kingdom
Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCLN-8377-ZPPT
Email: mailbox@ifs.org.uk
Type:
- Large
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Description of how these justifications apply
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.
Direct award justification
Single suppliers unique work, art, performance
Lots
Divided into 1 lots
Lot number: 1
Status: Complete
Sustainability
Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Contract
Impacts of Council Tax Reform
ID: 1
Status: Pending
Related lots
1
Date the contract will be signed (estimated)
04 November 2025, 23:59PM
Value
300000.00 GBP Excluding VAT
360000.00 GBP Including VAT
CPV classifications
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
Is the total value above threshold?
Above threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
05 November 2025, 00:00AM to 04 November 2028, 23:59PM
Coding
Commodity categories
| ID |
Title
|
Parent category
|
| 73000000 |
Research and development services and related consultancy services |
Research and Development |
Delivery locations
| ID |
Description
|
| 1020 |
East Wales |
Document family
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Notice details
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- Publication date:
- 27 October 2025
- Deadline date:
- Notice type:
- UK5
- Version:
- 1
- Authority name:
- Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
|
- Publication date:
- 27 October 2025
- Deadline date:
- Notice type:
- UK6
- Version:
- 1
- Authority name:
- Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
|
- Publication date:
- 07 November 2025
- Deadline date:
- Notice type:
- UK7
- Version:
- 1
- Authority name:
- Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
|
About the buyer
- Main contact:
- n/a
- Admin contact:
- n/a
- Technical contact:
- n/a
- Other contact:
- n/a