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title: "Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care - Round 3"
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# Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care - Round 3

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pseudo-open-framework-for-professional-services-in-children-s-social-care-round-3-ocds-h6vhtk-0434c3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Gloucestershire County Council: "Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care - Round 3". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Feb 2024, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Gloucestershire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucestershire-county-council-ons-e10000013)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 February 2024 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK13
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0434c3`

## 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/pseudo-open-framework-for-professional-services-in-children-s-social-care-round-3-ocds-h6vhtk-0434c3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D28a9a096-27b9-ee11-8127-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pseudo-open-framework-for-professional-services-in-children-s-social-care-round-3-ocds-h6vhtk-0434c3#participate

## Description
This is the 3rd application round for the Council's requirement to procure a Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care under which it shall procure the following services under the following lots (which corresponds with the council’s main areas of spend);
- Lot 1 - Independent Specialist Assessments (including Drug and Alcohol Testing)
- Lot 2 - Therapeutic Support
- Lot 3 - Support to families (contact, welfare visits)
Within the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) (PCR 2015), there is a Light Touch
Regime (LTR) for certain education, health and social care contracts. This is where we
have more flexibility to modify the procurement process to meet service needs.
In order to be clear where we are using a modified process, rather than the procedure
defined in PCR 2015 the use term “pseudo” is used.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** - Lot 1 - Independent Specialist Assessments (including Drug and Alcohol Testing)

### Lot 2: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** - Lot 2 - Therapeutic Support

### Lot 3: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** - Lot 3 - Support to families (contact, welfare visits)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002677-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-01-26T10:02:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T11:52:52.801Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0434c3