LONDON, Dec. 31 -- The Government of UK issued details related to the following business opportunity:

Contracting Authority: Central Bedfordshire Council

Industry: Guidance and counselling services and Maternity benefits and Counselling services

Description: 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.

Closing date: 2026-01-30T17:00:00Z

Contract duration: 2026-04-01T01:00:00+01:00 to 2029-03-31T01:00:00+01:00

Value of contract:

Location of contract: Any region

About the buyer: Tony Sharpstone; tony.sharpstone@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk; Priory House; Shefford; SG17 5TQ; United Kingdom; 03003008000

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