Official UK procurement notice
Provision of an Inter-Country Adoption Advice Service
Authority: The North Yorkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA Consortium of 15 Local Authorities require a Inter-Country Adoption Advice Service. The Provider is required to have the necessary processes and working practices in place to provide: adoption services in line with Standard 14 of the Adoption Minimum Standards July 2014; Adoption with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005; Regulation 19 Procedure following receipt of the Article 16 information from the Central Authority of the State of origin to ensure that children adopted from abroad are done so lawfully and by families assessed as able to meet their needs.
CPV: Health and social work services · Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal advisory services · Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£180,000
- Condition of participation
All information relating to Selection Criteria can be found in, Volume 3 Procurement Specific Questionnaire V0.01
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lot awarding rule: 100% Quality: 0% Price Q1b. Required Standards and Legislation Weighting 20% Q2 Service Delivery Weighting 20% Q3 Equalities and Diversity Weighting 20% Q4 Compliments and Complaints Weighting 10% Q5 Sustainability and Business Continuity Weighting 20% Q6 Social Value Weighting 10%
- Condition of participation
All information relating to Selection Criteria can be found in, Volume 3 Procurement Specific Questionnaire V0.01
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Apr 2025, 12:13 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Apr 2025, 12:13 BST
- Authority reference
350- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015514- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0503e9Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- E10000023
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
16 Apr 2025 → 1 Jul 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published16 Apr 2025, 12:13 BST
- Clarification questions by7 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published16 Apr 2025, 12:13 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender