ClosedHealth and social care

Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care - Round 5[E11]

Gloucester, United KingdomGloucestershire County Council[E1]

In plain English

What they want: This is the 5th application round for the Council's requirement to procure a Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care under which it shall procure the following services under the following lots (which corresponds with the council's main areas of spend);
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 27 Oct 2025, 10:00 UTC. UTC: 27 Oct 2025, 10:00 UTC.
Published 15 Sept 2025.
Value: GBP 750,000
Buyer: Gloucestershire County CouncilSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab) ↗
Tender documents: The tender documents for this notice are on the buyer's own portal, usually behind a free supplier registration. We link to them and do not fetch them, so the report is based on the notice only.

This opportunity is closed and its deadline has passed. Reports are not available for it.

Deadline[E4]: 27 Oct 2025, 10:00 UTC
Value[E12]: GBP 750,000
Published[E9]: 15 Sept 2025
Procedure[E8]: Open procedure (below threshold)
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 41 minutes ago

About the requirement

From the notice

This is the 5th application round for the Council's requirement to procure a Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care under which it shall procure the following services under the following lots (which corresponds with the council's main areas of spend); - Lot 1 - Independent Specialist Assessments (included Drug and Alcohol Testing) - Lot 2 - Therapeutic Support - Lot 3 - Support to families (contact, welfare visits) Within the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) (PCR 2015), there is a Light Touch Regime (LTR) for certain education, health and social care contracts. This is where we have more flexibility to modify the procurement process to meet service needs. In order to be clear where we are using a modified process, rather than the procedure defined in PCR 2015 the use term "pseudo" is used. Estimated value is the total value as stated in the initial set up the Pseudo Framework for the original full term.[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery location: England, United Kingdom.[E6]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC
The deadline (2025-10-27T10:00:00.000Z) has passed.
Source document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468

Evidence

12 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is Gloucestershire County Council.
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 85000000 (Health and social work services).
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 27 Oct 2025, 10:00 UTC.
“2025-10-27T10:00:00Z”
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“This is the 5th application round for the Council's requirement to procure a Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care under which it shall procure the following services under the following lots (which corresponds with the council's main areas of…”
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: England, United Kingdom.
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.
“tender”
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Open procedure (below threshold).
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 15 Sep 2025.
“2025-09-15T10:15:17+01:00”
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care - Round 5".
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The stated value is GBP 750,000.
“750000 GBP”
Document 99a570dc-612a-404e-bf2a-52d970169596-863468, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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