Adoption Support
Estimated value
£74k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
03 Apr 2025
Description
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 parents. 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 be ready to 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.
Scope
- Reference
- NCCT43114
- Total value
- £74,000 excluding VAT£88,800 including VATBelow the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 03 Jun 2025 to 03 Jun 2026Possible extension to 03 Jun 2027
The Contract may be extended by up to 12 months at the Council's discretion
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 85000000
- Contract locations
- Norwich and East Norfolk, United KingdomNorth and West Norfolk, United KingdomEast of England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Delivery | — | quality | 45.00% |
| Therapeutic Counselling Delivery | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Workforce | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Overall price | — | price | 25.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
The Council will be assessing the legal, financial and technical ability of bidders to perform the contract being procured as set out in the Invitation to Tender. This assessment includes past experience, financial suitability, health and safety, modern slavery and references. These are all designated as pass/fail criteria.
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 23 Apr 2025, 10:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 06 May 2025, 10:00 am
- Submission address
- This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement and gain access to documents when they are available, applicants must first be registered on the system at 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. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` in this tender. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk.
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition