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Published 2 Oct 2026, 09:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Adoption and Fostering Medical Advisory Service

Authority: Hull City Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£180,000≈ £45k / year · £216,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 16 Oct 202612:00 BST · 14d 1h left
Clarification cut-off 9 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 4 yrsup to 6 yrs with extensions · starts 4 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 2CPV 8514 · n=5 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide the Adoption and Fostering Medical Advisory Service. It shall be via the competitive process consisting of a one stage process via the Provider Selection Regime. The contract is anticipated to commence 4th January 2027 ending by 31st December 2030 with an option to extend 2 x 12 month periods at the discretion of the Authority. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services to be £60,000 per annum. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods, services or works to any particular value by the Authority and does not form part of the Contract. Further information is contained within the tender documentation. Please ensure all tender submission documents are completed as detailed. Incomplete bids will be eliminated from further process. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) award notice. The tender of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act do not apply to this tender exercise.

CPV: Services provided by medical personnel

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 4 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£180,000
Contract period: 4 Jan 2027 — 31 Dec 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 6 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£90,123/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£180,000 exc. VAT · £216,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Option to extend 2 x 12 month periods at the discretion of the Autority.
85141000 Services provided by medical personnel

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored

The award criteria is detailed within the tender documentation available to access via https://yortender.eu-supply.com/

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Hull City Council buys Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) — and who usually turns up

Hull City Council’s own published record, next to the Yorkshire and the Humber market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Hull City Council

contract notices in 36 months: 9 in CPV 8514 (2 without competition · 2 route not published) · 40 in division 85 (8 without competition · 7 route not published) · 236 in all categories (60 without competition · 37 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 5 lots. All 5 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

2CPV 8514 · 36m · n=5 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 5 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

40%CPV 8514 · 36m · n=5 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 5 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 8514 · 36m · n=5 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 5 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

50ddivision 85 · 36m · n=5 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 320 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=320 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 7 notices.

Last 36 months.

29%CPV 8514 · 36m · n=7 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=5
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 5 lots on 3 contested notices · CPV 8514, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 40%
  • 2–3 60%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 0%

Middle value 2 · 5 lots on 3 contested notices · CPV 8514.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=5
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 5 lot pairs · CPV 8514, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 0%
  • Within ±2% 100%
  • Above estimate 0%

5 lot pairs · CPV 8514.

The market · authority’s region

Yorkshire and the Humber · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514)

contract notices delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber in 36 months: 412 in CPV 8514 (88 competed, 28 route not published) · 2,629 in division 85 (621 competed, 346 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 51 lots. 17 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 34 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3CPV 8514 · 36m · n=51 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 51 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

20%CPV 8514 · 36m · n=51 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 34 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 8514 · 36m · n=34 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 18 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

46dCPV 8514 · 36m · n=18 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 25 lots.

Last 36 months.

55%CPV 8514 · 36m · n=25 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8514), last 36 months: 713 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

91%CPV 8514 · 36m · n=713 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=51
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 51 lots on 48 contested notices · CPV 8514, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 20%
  • 2–3 39%
  • 4–6 25%
  • 7+ 16%

Middle value 3 · 51 lots on 48 contested notices · CPV 8514.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=34
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 34 lot pairs · CPV 8514, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 24%
  • Within ±2% 65%
  • Above estimate 12%

34 lot pairs · CPV 8514.

robust · n=5
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 5 lots (CPV 8514), applied to the £180,000 estimate on this notice.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in Hull City Council (CPV 8514, n=5 pairs) lands at estimate: on this notice’s £180,000 that is about £180,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Oct 2026, 09:32 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 09:32 BST
Authority reference
LP/26
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Services provided by medical personnel
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f40 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)
Submission portal named on this notice: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £180,000 excludes VAT (£216,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    2 Oct 2026, 09:32 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 7 days
    9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 14 days
    16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 94 days
    4 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 09:32 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Hull City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRNP-1874-YZZR The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, Yorkshire & Humber, HU1 2AA +44 1482615737

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender