PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Probate Researchers Services

Gloucestershire County Council · published 9 Jan 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID24651578-0e67-4a1d-808e-66482ea30d3d-878591
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-e77578fb-6c0f-4fe6-a4eb-441492295719
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-138001
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£125,000
award field
Tender value
£125,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV
73110000
Research services
Delivery
North East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This Concession framework agreement will be for up to 3 suppliers for 4 years with no option to extend. The framework will be owned by Gloucestershire County Council ("the Council"). The Council and the successful contractors will be parties to the Framework Agreement. \\r\r \\r\r Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is looking to utilise the services of probate researchers to help identify, locate and support entitled relatives/executors to administer the estate. GCC would be looking to use probate researchers as a means of recovering debt, managing empty/unoccupied properties, and allowing deputyship accounts to be closed.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release9 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published27 Mar 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published17 Nov 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published16 Nov 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Anglia Research

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

Published name only

Finders Genealogists Ltd

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

Published name only

Fraser and Fraser

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 9 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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