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Adoption Support · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH15)
Published estimate£74,000≈ £74k / year · £88,800 inc. VAT50.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 6 May 2025awarded 22 Jul 2025
Awarded to Adoptionplus Limited
Contract term 1 yrends 3 Jun 2026 · up to 3 Jun 2027 with extensions · starts 4 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council (NCC) has awarded a supplier to provide a therapeutic counselling service to those who are adopted, are adoptive parents or are birth parents. In addition, the service will need to provide information and support around understanding the processes for adoption including signposting to other services.

For a minimum of 36 service users who are adopted, are adoptive parents or are birth parents. Each session being 1 hour.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£74,000
Contract period: 4 Jun 2025 – 3 Jun 2026 (1 yr) · up to 3 Jun 2027 with extensionsValue: £74,000 exc. VAT · £88,800 inc. VAT
Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The Contract may be extended by up to 12 months at the Council's discretion
85000000 Health and social work services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    The Council will be assessing the legal, financial and technical ability of bidders to perform the contract being procured as set out in the Invitation to Tender. This assessment includes past experience, financial suitability, health and safety, modern slavery and references. These are all designated as pass/fail criteria.

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 were scored
Quality: 75%Price: 25%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Service Delivery: 45%
  • Therapeutic Counselling Delivery: 15%
  • Workforce: 15%
  • Overall price: 25%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Service Delivery
  • Therapeutic Counselling Delivery
  • Workforce
  • Overall price
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    The Council will be assessing the legal, financial and technical ability of bidders to perform the contract being procured as set out in the Invitation to Tender. This assessment includes past experience, financial suitability, health and safety, modern slavery and references. These are all designated as pass/fail criteria.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Apr 2025, 13:05 BST
Last source update
5 Aug 2025, 12:52 BST
Authority reference
NCCT43114
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012680
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fbee Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
6 May 2025, 11:00 BST
Clarification deadline
23 Apr 2025, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement and gain access to documents when they are available, applicants must first be registered on the system at in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc ↗. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Buyer… ↗. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` in this tender. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing [email protected].

Timeline

2 Apr 2025 → 5 Aug 2025 · 6 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    2 Apr 2025, 13:05 BST
  2. Tender notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 09:35 BST
  3. Clarification questions by
    23 Apr 2025, 11:00 BST
  4. Submission deadline
    6 May 2025, 11:00 BST
  5. Contract starts
    4 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
  6. Latest notice published
    5 Aug 2025, 12:52 BST

Notice history

9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Apr 2025, 13:05 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 09:35 BST
    UK4
  3. Status changed to active
    3 Apr 2025, 09:35 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    3 Apr 2025, 09:35 BST
  5. Deadline published: 6 May 2025, 11:00 BST
    3 Apr 2025, 09:35 BST
  6. Contract award notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 08:23 BST
    UK6
  7. Status changed to complete
    25 Jul 2025, 08:23 BST
  8. Contract signature expected
    4 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  9. Contract details notice published
    5 Aug 2025, 12:52 BST
    UK7
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-04: 1 release · 2 Apr 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £36,5471 award exc. VAT
Bids received 64 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Adoptionplus LimitedSME5 Aug 2025 – 4 Aug 2026£36,54722 Jul 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Adoption Support · Adoptionplus LimitedSME

    Signed
    4 Aug 2025
    Value
    £36,547
    Period
    5 Aug 2025 – 4 Aug 2026 · up to 4 Aug 2027 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    The Contract may be extended by up to 12 months at the Council's discretion. he value included does not include the one year extension. The price for year 2 maybe higher if the service is found to be effective and is hence used more.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6final-stage tenders41—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Norfolk County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDYH-3246-XWTR County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, East of England, NR1 2DHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ADOPTIONPLUSAwarded supplierGB-COH: 06900397GB-PPON: PVMQ-9594-DVZT Barnardo's House Tanners Lane, Ilford, London, IG6 1QGContact email

Official documents & specifications (10)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure