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: Contracts Finder, published 7 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Market Engagement Notice · 10:19
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.
Contracts Finder published it on 7 February 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-b5fd17-6f338070-c62d-4b0e-8ea3-fe658bc74d87.
Summary of the contracting process
Norfolk County Council is in the planning stage for a public procurement process titled "Adoption Support," classified under the health and social work services category (CPV 85000000). The council is seeking a provider to supply counselling and information services for adopted individuals, adopting parents, and birth family members, in accordance with the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005.
This tender is set to commence on 1st June 2025, with the final date for early engagement set for 7th May 2025. Services are to be delivered not just in Norfolk (postal code NR1 2DH), but also across British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, Isle of Man, the United Kingdom, and the rest of the world.
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. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
Procedure
- Notice type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Contracts Finder
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: lots, awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6f338070-c62d-4b0e-8ea3-fe658bc74d87
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services; 85312320 - Counselling services; 85320000 - Social services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Norwich
- Town
- Norwich
- Postcode
- NR1 2DH
- Electoral ward
- Lakenham
- Constituency
- Norwich South
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Norwich and East Norfolk
- Area
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Norfolk County Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Sarah-Louise Harrington
- Phone
- 01603222222
- Address
- Norfolk, NR1 2DH · East · England
Documents and links
- Early engagement notice on Contracts Findercontractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bca0842d-119e-46c0-a1b4…
- Additional information on how to apply for this contractin-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/
- OCDS record ocds-b5fd17-6f338070-c62d-4b0e-8ea3-fe658bc74d87 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-b…
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.
Who is the buyer for Adoption Support?
Norfolk County Council, based in Norwich, East. The named contact is Sarah-Louise Harrington, on 01603222222.
How do I bid for Adoption Support?
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- Read the early notice in full.
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