Official UK procurement notice
Medical Advisers for Adoption & Fostering Panels
Authority: London Borough of Brent (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Brent (“the Council”) is seeking tenders for Medical Advisers for adoption and fostering panels.
Medical Advisers for adoption and fostering panels are suitably qualified and experienced registered medical practitioners who provide independent clinical advice to support statutory decision-making in relation to children and prospective adopters or foster carers. The role includes review and interpretation of relevant health information, preparation of written medical advice, and attendance at panel where required to inform recommendations and Agency Decision Maker (ADM) decisions to help secure the best outcomes for children.
This contract opportunity is divided into the following Lots:
Lot 1 – Medical Advisers Services for Adoption panels
Lot 2 – Medical Advisers services for fostering services
CPV: Health and social work services · Health services · Metal · Supply services of medical personnel
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · win at most 2 of themLot #1Medical Advisers Services for Adoption Panels
Lot 1 - Medical Advisers Services for Adoption Panels
Lot #2Medical Advisers Services for Fostering Panels
Lot 2 - Medical Advisers Services for Fostering Panels
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How London Borough of Brent buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
London Borough of Brent’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 28 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 24%
2–367% / 34%
4–60% / 24%
7+33% / 18%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate40% / 27%
Within ±2%40% / 63%
Above estimate20% / 10%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Medical Advisers Services for Adoption PanelsCPV 85Estimate not published
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 2,291 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid24%
2–334%
4–624%
7+18%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Central London Community Health Care NHS TrustEarlier contract | MEDICAL ADVISERS FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTERING PANELSnotice published Dec 2024 | — | £149k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2Medical Advisers Services for Fostering PanelsCPV 85Estimate not published
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 2,291 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid24%
2–334%
4–624%
7+18%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Central London Community Health Care NHS TrustEarlier contract | MEDICAL ADVISERS FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTERING PANELSnotice published Dec 2024 | — | £149k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
93% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
93% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (93% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
MEDICAL ADVISERS FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTERING PANELS — held by Central London Community Health Care NHS Trust; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Feb 2026, 16:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Mar 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Mar 2026 – …
- Authority reference
DN806609- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-019845- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064e43Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Mar 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Mar 2026, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
11 Feb 2026 → 1 Jun 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published259 days ago11 Feb 2026, 16:12 GMT
- Market engagement247 days ago22 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
The London Borough of Brent (“the Council”) is undertaking a market engagement exercise on 23rd February 2026, 1pm-2pm.
This event will take place online via Microsoft Teams. If you are interested in attending, please send a message stating that you would like to attend & provide the names & email addresses of the attendees.
Please ensure that you send this message by 11am on 23rd February 2026.
- Tender notice expected238 days ago3 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published237 days ago5 Mar 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Submission deadline215 days ago27 Mar 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Bids opened215 days ago27 Mar 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Contract starts150 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Feb 2026, 16:12 GMTUK2
- Status changed to active5 Mar 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Procurement method changed5 Mar 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Deadline published: 27 Mar 2026, 13:00 GMT5 Mar 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Buyer details updated5 Mar 2026, 11:45 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender