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WCC Adoption Matching Licence

Authority: Warwickshire County Council (Local council)

Below threshold - without competitionLight touch regime
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG1)
Awarded value£126,689published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 1 Jul 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Link Maker Systems Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Adoption Central England, ACE, is the regional adoption agency for Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Solihull

and Coventry. It is a comprehensive adoption service hosted on behalf of the region by Warwickshire County Council.

These Local Authorities delegate their statutory duties under the Regulations to ACE including the recruitment and

preparation of adopters and the matching of those adopters to the children for whom they have secured a Placement

Order in Court Proceedings.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
Delivery: West Midlands
85320000 Social services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award — no call for competition
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
Last source update
24 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077931

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £126,6891 contract inc. VAT — no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Link Maker Systems LimitedSME——Awarded

Contracts

  • WCC Adoption Matching Licence · Link Maker Systems LimitedSME

    Signed
    1 Jul 2026
    Value
    £126,689 inc. VAT
    Period
    1 Jul 2026 — 30 Jun 2028
    Status
    active

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    24 Sept 2026, 09:42 BSTUK7

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Warwickshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDTN-5446-NMXW Shire Hall, Warwick, West Midlands, CV34 4SA [email protected]

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • LINK MAKER SYSTEMS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08472919GB-PPON: PXCR-9611-VMWV C/O Gateley Legal, Manchester, North West, M2 4WU

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender