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# Adoption Recruitment and Support Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adoption-recruitment-and-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0422e3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cumberland Council: "Adoption Recruitment and Support Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,750,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Jan 2024, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cumberland Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cumberland-council-ons-e06000063)
- **Published Value:** £2,750,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 January 2024 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,750,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0422e3`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adoption-recruitment-and-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0422e3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D11a99154-d595-ee11-8125-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adoption-recruitment-and-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0422e3#participate

## Description
To provide adoption recruitment and support services.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The Council conducted a procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the Light Touch Regime under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purpose of procuring adoption recruitment and support services.
The contract is for three years...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2024 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 016450-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ARC Adoption North East Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175089`
  - Value: £2,750,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 016450-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,750,000
  - Signed Date: 19/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016450-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-24T11:30:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T20:19:59.020Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0422e3