Official UK procurement notice
Adoption Support · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services · Health and social work services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Norfolk County Council (NCC) is seeking a supplier to provide a therapeutic…Planned
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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Feb 2025, 10:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Feb 2025, 10:17 GMT
- Authority reference
NCCT43114- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004109- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dc9cFind a Tender
Publisher note: 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.This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council's e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc) Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfile). Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under 'tenders' section and 'express an interest' to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +448442728810 or emailing support@in-tend.co.uk
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
7 Feb 2025 → 7 Mar 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published7 Feb 2025, 10:17 GMT
- Tender notice expected7 Mar 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.