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LinkMaker

Cambridgeshire County Council

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30 Sep 2026 at 10:19

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Cambridgeshire County Council procured an online system to help match children with prospective adoptive parents. The service supports adoption matching and is classified as children’s welfare services. Delivery is intended across England, covering the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West. This is a single service requirement for the council, rather than a set of separately described service lots.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded directly without competition under a below-threshold procedure. LINK MAKER SYSTEMS LIMITED was selected. The contract was signed on 30 September 2026 and runs from 20 November 2026 to 19 November 2028. Its value is £39,026. The procurement covered one lot. No evaluation criteria or eligibility conditions are recorded in the available process details, so the basis for selecting the supplier cannot be described further.

This award demonstrates demand from Cambridgeshire County Council for a specialist digital service that helps match children with adoptive parents, with delivery across England. A future competitor would need to offer a functioning online matching system suited to adoption services and capable of supporting work across multiple English regions. The selected supplier is a small or medium-sized enterprise, showing that a provider of this scale has delivered the requirement. The procurement used a direct, non-competitive route, so this award does not establish what criteria the council would apply in a future competition; suppliers should be prepared to demonstrate that their system meets the council’s adoption-matching needs.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

LinkMaker

Notice Description

Linkmaker - Online system to aid matching children with their adoptive parents

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d2c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092198-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£39,026 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Sep 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
20 Nov 2026 - 19 Nov 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cambridgeshire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ALCONBURY WEALD, HUNTINGDON
Postcode
PE28 4YE
Postcode Area
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
Not specified
Local Authority
Huntingdonshire
Electoral Ward
The Stukeleys
Westminster Constituency
Huntingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Link Maker Systems Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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