PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

CBC-1868-T-SM Birth Relative Counselling - AWARD

Central Bedfordshire Council · published 26 Feb 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 ID8a01b58d-f803-499c-88d7-01eabfcfdd18-886123
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-5c896458-ba2e-455b-a2ff-a562b9444cf6
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-41856
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
Not disclosed
award field
Tender value
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tender field
Procurement method
Other -
Category
services
CPV
85312300
Guidance and counselling services
Delivery
Not stated
SG17 5TQ
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The provision of birth relative counselling for those affected by adoption as per Statutory Guidance on Adoption, Chapter 2. Adoption Connects is a regional adoption agency providing adoption services for Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes councils therefore the duty to provide counselling should cover birth relatives from both council boundaries. The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the quotation process. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all. If there is anything you are not sure about or need clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system. Last date for receiving questions on the In-Tend system: 27th January 2026 Completed Quotations and attachments should be submitted electronically by the due date via our In-tend electronic tendering system. Quotations must be uploaded via the My Return section of the system. Quotations submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered. Your Quotation must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 30th January 2026 by 5pm Quotations received after that time will be excluded.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release26 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published30 Jan 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Contracts Finder release

Published 26 Feb 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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