Adoption Support
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£37k
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
25 Jul 2025
Description
Norfolk County Council (NCC) has awarded 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.
Scope
- Reference
- NCCT43114
- 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
- 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
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£37k
Award date
21 Jul 2025
Contract start
04 Aug 2025
Contract end
04 Aug 2026