Contract Details Notice for the Provision of Disclosure and Barring Services
Awarded to New Directions Holdings Ltd t/a Checks Direct
Flintshire County Council(buyer)
- Published
- Published 17 July 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 12 August 2025
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Overview
Contracting authority
1 live opportunity · 26 awarded contracts
Flintshire, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PNJC-2356-PCDV
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £1
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 17 July 2025
- Questions by
- 4 August 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £431,503
- Award date
- 24 September 2025
- Contract period
- 17 October 2025 → 17 October 2030
- Contract length
- 5 years
- Could run to
- 30 November 2033
- Against estimate
- 43150200% above
- Bids received
- 5
- New Directions Holdings Ltd t/a Checks Direct
This contract ends on 17 October 2030, or 30 November 2033 if every extension is used.
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About the winner
New Directions Holdings Ltd t/a Checks Direct
- Based in
- Cardiff
- Public contracts won
- 1
- Across UK and EU notices
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
5
1 from SMEs
Open and restricted tenders in Administration, defence and social security services drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 18% received only one.
How bids were scored
Price 60% · Quality 40%
- Price60%
- Meeting DBS Service and Solution Specification Requirements20%
- Implementation Plan6%
- Customer Service, Contract / Account Management & Continuity of Service Provision4%
- DBS & DfE Requirements4%
- Technical Support & Customer Helpdesk4%
- Effectiveness of Transferring DBS Forms2%
Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.
Market context
Typical award in Administration, defence and social security services
£288,652
Median of 1,330 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 49% above the median.
Flintshire County Council in the last 12 months
35
contracts awarded, worth £38,129,449 in total
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
17 February 2026
Contract
2 October 2025
Contract Notice
17 July 2025
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