Official UK procurement notice
Counselling Support for resettled refugees
Authority: Oxford City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Awarded value£96,942published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 17 Jan 2026
Awarded to Refugee Resource
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOxford City Council is seeking to commission additional specialist mental health counselling provision to support resettled refugees living within the city, particularly those supported through the United Kingdom Resettlement Scheme and Afghan Resettlement schemes.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
80310000 Youth education services85310000 Social work services85311300 Welfare services for children and young people85312300 Guidance and counselling services85322000 Community action programme
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:07 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:07 BST
- Authority reference
OCC001061- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077764
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £96,9421 contract inc. VAT — no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refugee ResourceVCSE | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Therapeutic Counselling Support for resettled refugees · Refugee ResourceVCSE
- Signed
- 17 Jan 2026
- Value
- £96,942 inc. VAT
- Period
- 17 Aug 2026 — 16 Aug 2027 · up to 16 Aug 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- At the sole discretion of the council there initial term 1year with option to extend 2 x 1 year extension. Total term of contract 3yrs
4 agreed KPIs: Therapeutic Counselling Support for resettled refugees · Available capacity (up to 8 places) offered and allocated where suitable referrals are outstanding · Scheduled sessions recorded, including attendance, non-attendance and reasons where known …
- Therapeutic Counselling Support for resettled refugees — Target 100%
- Available capacity (up to 8 places) offered and allocated where suitable referrals are outstanding — Target 100%
- Scheduled sessions recorded, including attendance, non-attendance and reasons where known — Target 100%
- Follow-up action taken following non-attendance or disengagement — 100% within 5 Working Days
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published22 Sept 2026, 12:07 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Refugee ResourceAwarded 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