Coming up· published 7 Feb 2025
Adoption Support
Norfolk County Council · Norwich, East
Norfolk County Council is planning Adoption Support. It is a contract for other health and social care in Norwich.
Source: Find a Tender, published 7 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 10:17
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
Norfolk County Council is planning Adoption Support. It is a contract for other health and social care in Norwich. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £37,000.
Find a Tender published it on 7 February 2025. The notice number is 004109-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04dc9c. Bids are made through the buyer's In-Tend portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Norfolk County Council is planning a procurement process for providing Adoption Support services, under the Health and Social Work Services category (CPV code 85000000). The procurement is in the 'planning' stage, with a market engagement event scheduled for 21st February 2025. The service includes therapeutic counselling, information, and support for adopted individuals, adoptive parents, and birth family members, aiming to start on 1st June 2025.
This initiative will be managed electronically through Norfolk County Council’s e-procurement system. The procurement destinations include various regions across Norfolk, such as Breckland, Broadland, and Norwich, among others. In addition to service delivery within Norfolk, there may be requirements for out-of-county provisions, enhancing the reach and impact for successful providers.
The notice in full
The Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005 require Norfolk County Council to have in place a counselling and information service for those who are adopted, are adoptive parents or are birth family members. The council is scoping for this service to commence on 1st June 2025.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
Norfolk County Council (NCC) is seeking a supplier to provide a therapeutic counselling service to those who are adopted, are adoptive parents or are birth family members.
In addition, the service will need to provide information and support around understanding the processes for adoption including signposting to other services.The successful provider must ensure that safely recruited and appropriately trained staff can recognise and adapt to the needs of the different service users.
They must also provide an appropriate referral mechanism, working with the local authority to confirm eligibility and provide suitable materials to ensure potential users are aware of the service. Additional information: The market engagement event will take place on Friday 21st February on MS Teams (this date may be subject to change). Interested parties will need to register their interest on In-Tend and a separate invite will be sent.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- In-Tend
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £37,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 004109-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dc9c
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services; 85300000 - Social work and related services; 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services; 85312320 - Counselling services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Norwich
- Town
- Norwich
- Postcode
- NR1 2DH
- Electoral ward
- Lakenham
- Constituency
- Norwich South
- Delivery area
- Norwich and East Norfolk, TLH16 North and West Norfolk, TLH17 Breckland and South Norfolk
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Norwich and East Norfolk
- Area
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Norfolk County Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Norwich, NR1 2DH · East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- In-Tend portal, to register and bidin-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc
- In-tendhost.co.ukin-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfile
- In-tendhost.co.ukin-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles
- In-tendhost.co.ukin-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home
- Latest noticefind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004109-2025
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-04dc9c (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Adoption Support
When will the Adoption Support tender open?
Norfolk County Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the Adoption Support contract worth?
The estimated value is £37,000.
Who is the buyer for Adoption Support?
Norfolk County Council, based in Norwich, East.
How do I bid for Adoption Support?
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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