Activity Days · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£321,402published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Apr 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Coram Trading Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Activity Days.

CPV: Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Activity DaysAwarded

Delivery: UK

98110000 Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
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: 21 May 2025, 16:17 BST
Last source update: 21 May 2025, 16:17 BST
Authority reference: 99563
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-024245
Classification (CPV): Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051bd7 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Published justification: Coram Trading Limited are the only agency nationally delivering Adoption Activity Days as they
own the copy right for the service. Adoption Activity Days (AADs) are informal events with the
emphasis on providing a fun day for children who need adoption, while bringing them together
with approved adopters who have not yet found the right child for them. The first “adoption
party” was held in London by the Adoption Resource Exchange in 1976. They subsequently
“went out of fashion in the 1980s and no one is sure why” (Katherine Runswick-Cole, 2012) but were relaunched by Coram BAAF in England with four events attended by 170 children, and families found for 29 of them (17%).An evaluation by Dr Katherine Runswick-Cole at ESRC in 2012, led to Adoption Activity Days being used across the country and to DfE including them as a key part of its adoption agenda. This is now an established national service delivered by Coram Trading Limited.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £321,4021 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Apr 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Coram Trading LimitedSME	£321,402 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Activity Days · Coram Trading LimitedSME
Signed
1 Apr 2025
Value
£321,402
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leeds City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 171459162 Civic Hall, 3rd Floor West, , Leeds, UK, LS1 1URContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court Of JusticeReview body Strand, City of Westminster

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Coram Trading LimitedAwarded supplier974974551 41 Brunswick Square, London, UK, WC1N 1AZContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.