Notice Information
Notice Title
25074 Cambridgeshire County Council Childrens Services Independent Complaints
Notice Description
Cambridgeshire County Council seeks to purchase the services of a fully managed, complete, Independent Complaint Investigation Service, where Independent Persons (IP) and Investigating Officers (IO) will be provided to fulfil the independent element of Cambridgeshire's complaint investigations under the statutory Children's Social Care procedures as outlined within The Children Act 1989 Representations Procedure (England) Regulations 2006.
Planning Information
Please complete the attached market engagement form via the link https://forms.office.com/e/F430ijy86g
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cf2a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066455-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £140,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 7 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jul 2026 - 1 Jul 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- David Isaacs
- Contact Email
- david.isaacs@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01223703518
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ALCONBURY WEALD, HUNTINGDON
- Postcode
- PE28 4YE
- Post Town
- Peterborough
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Electoral Ward
- The Stukeleys
- Westminster Constituency
- Huntingdon
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066455-2025
17th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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