Awarded contract

WCC Adoption Matching Licence

Details

Buyer: Warwickshire County Council
Supplier(s): Link Maker Systems Limited
Value: £126,689
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Social services
Published: 24 September 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Adoption Central England, ACE, is the regional adoption agency for Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry. It is a comprehensive adoption service hosted on behalf of the region by Warwickshire County Council. These Local Authorities delegate their statutory duties under the Regulations to ACE including the recruitment and preparation of adopters and the matching of those adopters to the children for whom they have secured a Placement Order in Court Proceedings. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published24 September 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date24 September 2026
Next: Contract expiry date30 June 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Warwickshire County Council buys as a local authority covering Warwickshire. Many goods and services are bought through the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, a regional buying consortium. Bids are scored on cost and quality, and the highest-scoring bidder normally wins the contract.

Over the past 5 years, most of Warwickshire County Council's contract awards have been in software and information systems, health and social work and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@warwickshire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@warwickshire-county-council.gov
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Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@warwickshire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@warwickshire-county-council.gov