Official UK procurement notice
Access to Adoption Records Service
Authority: Stockton on Tees Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North East (UKC11)
Awarded value£35,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to ARC Adoption North East Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRequest for Expressions of interest published on NEPO Open Procurement Portal for a Combined Access to Records and Independent Birth Parent Support Service and the awarded Provider was the only response. The proposed budget was considered to be unaffordable. A negotiation was undertaken to determine the reduced scope of the resulting contract which is what is being published.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Jun 2026, 10:16 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jun 2026, 10:16 BST
- Authority reference
OPEN2026571- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-055544- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b3beFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published12 Jun 2026, 10:16 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £35,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARC Adoption North East LimitedSMEVCSE | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Acess to Adoption Records Service · ARC Adoption North East LimitedSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2026
- Value
- £35,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ARC ADOPTION NORTH EAST LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender