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Medical Examiner for foster carer, connected person and special guardian applicants

Buyer: Somerset Council →

BuyerSomerset Council
StatusawardUpdate
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published24 Apr 2026

What is being bought

The source has not published a summary for this record.

Delivery location

UKK23

Categories

Miscellaneous health services 85140000

Lot details

Lot 1

We originally required approximately 120 examinations/ summaries over the course of a year made up of fostering, kinship and connected persons assessments. This will now be increased due to unforeseen circumstances.

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Miscellaneous health services (85140000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8527,6501 median · 24.3 average (15,221 of 27,650 with a bid count)1.9 average (16,510 of 27,650 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer1918.5 median · 18.5 average (2 of 19 with a bid count)9.8 average (4 of 19 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKK231421 median · 42.4 average (79 of 142 with a bid count)2.3 average (84 of 142 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

037456-2026-DN713708-1

Statusactive
Value£70,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04b1c9
Latest release ID037456-2026
Latest release timestampFri Apr 24 2026 09:54:58 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusNot published
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Apr 2026awardUpdate, contractUpdate037456-2026
19 Nov 2024tenderUpdate037298-2024
28 Oct 2024award, contract034832-2024

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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