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Adoption Placement Platform
Authority: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
CPV: Software package and information systems (48000000)
Published contract value£40,590Exc. VAT
Contract ends 30 Apr 2028
Awarded to Link Maker Systems Limited
Contract starts 1 May 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDigital platform that holds profiles of children awaiting adoption alongside profiles of prospective adoptive parents. Local authority (LA) adoption agencies can use this platform to review and consider potential placements nationally, increasing the likelihood of identifying the most suitable match for each child.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- D028PA
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- East of England, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision29 Apr 2026
- Contract starts1 May 2026
- Notice published14 May 2026
- Contract ends30 Apr 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- ESSEX COUNTY COUNCILContracting authority
- Identifier
- ESS · GB-LAE
Suppliers named on the notice
- Link Maker Systems LimitedSupplier
- Identifier
- 08472919 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-a3fa8e79-f91a-4087-b4d6-96fb814bc828-2026-05-14T11:08:44+01:00
- Published
- 14 May 2026
- Latest update
- 14 May 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-a3fa8e79-f91a-4087-b4d6-96fb814bc828
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-a3fa8e79-f91a-4087-b4d6-96fb814bc828-1