Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 18 Jun 2025, 16:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement - Intercountry Adoption Services

Official notice

Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£110,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 8 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Adopt Thames Valley requires a comprehensive service for people considering intercountry adoption. The provider will make their services available to residents within the administrative areas of those Councils who are party to ATV (Oxfordshire, Reading, Swindon, Bracknell Forest, Windsor and Maidenhead, West Berkshire and Wokingham) and who are interested in learning about and proceeding with intercountry adoption. The provider will enable a full intercountry adoption service which will ensure that the ATV meets its priorities and duties as regards intercountry adoption, in line with UK adoption policy and legislative requirements. Interested parties are invited to respond to a brief questionnaire to help the Council to establish the identify of interested parties and potential suppliers of the services, to inform the authority's requirements and approach to the procurement, and to inform the design of any future procurement. You do not need to answer all the questions to submit this engagement questionnaire. Any information that you can provide is of value to us. This is not the beginning of a Tender exercise. Your feedback as a provider will not have a bearing on any future Tender submissions. You will not be disadvantaged if you choose not to respond to this engagement questionnaire, however it will be helpful to understand your views early in the design process, so we encourage you to respond as fully as you able to.

CPV: Welfare services for children and young people

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£22,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensionsValue: £22,000 exc. VAT · £132,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Jun 2025, 16:13 BST
Last source update
2 Jul 2025, 12:08 BST
Authority reference
I-4458
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036751
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Welfare services for children and young people
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f57 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
23 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
Submission deadline
23 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
Clarification deadline
23 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed

Timeline

18 Jun 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    18 Jun 2025, 16:13 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 12:08 BST
  3. Tender notice expected
    8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Market engagement
    8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    Interested parties are invited to respond to a brief questionnaire to help the Council to establish the identify of interested parties and potential suppliers of the services, to inform the authority's requirements and approach to the procurement, and to inform the design of any future procurement. You do not need to answer all the questions to submit this engagement questionnaire. Any information that you can provide is of value to us. This is not the beginning of a Tender exercise. Your feedback as a provider will not have a bearing on any future Tender submissions. You will not be disadvantaged if you choose not to respond to this engagement questionnaire, however it will be helpful to understand your views early in the design process, so we encourage you to respond as fully as you able to.

  5. Clarification questions by400 days ago
    23 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline400 days ago
    23 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
  7. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jun 2025
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    18 Jun 2025, 16:13 BST
    UK3
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 12:08 BST
    UK2
  3. Published value updated to £110,000
    2 Jul 2025, 12:08 BST
    was £22,000

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

Oxfordshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZNW-8281-MHNM County Hall, Oxford, South East, OX1 1NDContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure