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title: "Counselling Services for Resettlement Clients"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e499"
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buyer: "Oxford City Council"
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# Counselling Services for Resettlement Clients

Buyer: Oxford City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e499

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## Summary

Oxford City Council procured specialist mental health counselling services for refugees resettled in Oxford. The service supports people living in the city, particularly clients assisted through the United Kingdom Resettlement Scheme and Afghan Resettlement schemes. This is a public-sector counselling and refugee-support requirement, classified as guidance and counselling services. The work is commissioned by Oxford City Council, a sub-central public authority, and is focused on the needs of resettled clients rather than general counselling provision. Organisations relevant to this requirement include counselling providers and specialist refugee, migration or community-support organisations able to deliver mental health support to people with resettlement-related needs in Oxford. The procurement covered one service lot.

The procurement has completed and the contract was awarded to Refugee Resource. It used a below-threshold limited competition under the light-touch regime, with one lot. The award is active and the contract is active. The contract was signed on 1 April 2025, runs from 1 April 2025 to 16 August 2026, and has a gross value of £46,140.32. The awarded supplier is Refugee Resource, an Oxford-based organisation. The procurement was for services rather than goods or works. The published outcome records the contract as below the relevant threshold. The source data does not set out an award date separately from the contract signature date or provide a detailed scoring breakdown for the evaluation.

This procurement shows Oxford City Council’s demand for specialist mental health counselling linked to refugee resettlement. A credible future competitor would need to demonstrate experience delivering counselling to resettled refugees, including people supported through the United Kingdom and Afghan Resettlement schemes, and the ability to work effectively with clients facing migration-related or resettlement-related needs. Local delivery capability in Oxford is relevant because the service supports refugees living within the city. Refugee Resource, the successful supplier, is a large voluntary, community or social enterprise, indicating that the buyer accepted a substantial specialist community organisation for this requirement. Providers with comparable counselling expertise, refugee-support experience and the capacity to deliver a focused public service contract should monitor this buyer’s related requirements.

## Notice

Specialist mental health counselling provision to support resettled refugees living within the city, particularly those supported through the United Kingdom Resettlement Scheme and Afghan Resettlement schemes

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077656-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2025 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2025 - 16 Aug 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £46,140 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Oxford City Council |
| Locality | OXFORD |
| Postcode area | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX1 1BX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | Oxford |
| Electoral ward | Holywell |
| Westminster constituency | Oxford West and Abingdon |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | REFUGEE RESOURCE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2026 at 12:35 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077656-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077656-2026
  14th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.refugeeresource.org.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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