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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Intercountry Adoption Services"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement - Intercountry Adoption Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-intercountry-adoption-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054f57). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Oxfordshire County Council: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Intercountry Adoption Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £110,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Oxfordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/oxfordshire-county-council-ons-e10000025)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £110,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 September 2025 at 09:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-intercountry-adoption-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054f57#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-054f57`

## 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/preliminary-market-engagement-intercountry-adoption-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054f57#tl-md)

## Description
Adopt Thames Valley requires a comprehensive service for people considering intercountry adoption. The provider will make their services available to residents within the administrative areas of those Councils who are party to ATV (Oxfordshire, Reading, Swindon, Bracknell Forest, Windsor and Maidenhead, West Berkshire and Wokingham) and who are interested in learning about and proceeding with intercountry adoption. The provider will enable a full intercountry adoption service which will ensure that the ATV meets its priorities and duties as regards intercountry adoption, in line with UK adoption policy and legislative requirements. Interested parties are invited to respond to a brief questionnaire to help the Council to establish the identify of interested parties and potential suppliers of the services, to inform the authority's requirements and approach to the procurement, and to inform the design of any future procurement. You do not need to answer all the questions to submit this engagement questionnaire. Any information that you can provide is of value to us. This is not the beginning of a Tender exercise. Your feedback as a provider will not have a bearing on any future Tender submissions. You will not be disadvantaged if you choose not to respond to this engagement questionnaire, however it will be helpful to understand your views early in the design process, so we encourage you to respond as fully as you able to.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85311300
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £22,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036751-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-02T11:08:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:33:37.254Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-054f57