Awarded· 25 Mar 2025
Children's Services Independent Complaint Investigations
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council has awarded Children's Services Independent Complaint Investigations. It is a contract for other health and social care in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Source: Find a Tender, published 19 Aug 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
2025
Contract starts
2025
Award notice published
UK7 - Contract Details Notice · 13:50
View notice2026
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council has awarded Children's Services Independent Complaint Investigations. It is a contract for other health and social care in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. It was awarded on 25 March 2025. The contract value is £90,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2025 to 31 March 2026. It lasts 1 year.
It is run as a below threshold - without competition. Find a Tender published it on 19 August 2025. The notice number is 049874-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-058aa0.
Summary of the contracting process
The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council has completed a procurement process for "Children's Services Independent Complaint Investigations," classified under the health and social work services industry category. The procurement aimed at securing an array of service providers to handle a high volume of complaints investigations consistently, given the unpredictability of requests.
The procurement, finalized by 19 August 2025, involved a direct procurement method operating below the competition threshold in a light-touch regime. The contract, valued at £90,000, covers services to be delivered within the UKK24 region from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. The procurement also suggests potential future invitations for similar tenders, given the dynamic nature of these service requirements.
The notice in full
BCP require several companies / individuals to do this work due to the volume of work and unpredictable nature of requests. BCP need to have a number of investigators available at any given time to cope with demand and statutory timescales for the work to be completed.
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
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Mar 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (1 year)
- Number of suppliers
- 7
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Below threshold - without competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large, SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £90,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 049874-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058aa0
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Postcode
- BH2 6DY
- Electoral ward
- Bournemouth Central
- Constituency
- Bournemouth West
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Area
- North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Bournemouth, BH2 6DY · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Children's Services Independent Complaint Investigations
Who won the Children's Services Independent Complaint Investigations contract?
The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.
How much is the Children's Services Independent Complaint Investigations contract worth?
The contract value is £90,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2025 to 31 March 2026 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Children's Services Independent Complaint Investigations?
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, based in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West.
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