Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Kingston Upon Hull City Council
The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street,
Hull
HU11AA
UK
Contact person: Lucy Pattinson
Telephone: +44 1482615737
E-mail: lucy.pattinson@hullcc.gov.uk
NUTS: UKE11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.hullcc.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://yortender.eu-supply.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://yortender.eu-supply.com/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Adoption and Fostering Medical Advisory Service
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85141000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act do not apply to this award. In accordance with Regulation 10 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Hull City Council is looking to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider process as the Council is able to identify the most suitable provider without running a competitive exercise, for the provision of Adoption and Fostering Medical Advisory Service. The contract is anticipated to commence 1st July 2026 ending by 31st October 2026. The Authority has estimated the value of the services to be £20,000. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers (please email procurementteam@hullcc.gov.uk) by midnight on 23rd June 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the Provider Selection Regime.
Please note: there shall be a longer term contract opportunity for this service that shall be advertised in the near future.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
20 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE11
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Aims of the service are to provide specialist medical advice to support the safe, effective and lawful assessment of prospective foster carers, adopters and special guardians.
The service aims to:
- Evaluate medical information about prospective adopters, foster carers and special guardianship applicants and give a view to the adoption and fostering assessment services about applicants' health needs that will inform the decision about their suitability as adopters or foster carers.
- Ensure that all medical assessments for prospective carers are reviewed with appropriate clinical expertise.
- Provide clear, balanced and child‑centred advice that enables effective decision‑making by social workers, managers, and adoption/fostering panels, working closely with named and designated looked after children professionals, GPs, local authority children's services, One Adoption and NHS England.
- Support the matching process by assessing the compatibility of prospective carers' health with the needs of individual children, including those with disabilities, trauma histories or complex chronic health conditions.
- Develop and maintain high standards of medical reporting through GP training, professional feedback and quality assurance processes.
- Provide early consultation where medical issues may impact suitability or require specialist medical interpretation.
- Strengthen interagency working across health, education and social care sectors to improve outcomes for children looked after.
- Support Hull's sufficiency strategy by ensuring medical assessments do not become a barrier to timely carer approval or matching.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
20 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 4
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend for up to a maximum of 2 x 1 month periods at the discretion of the Authority.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2026/S 000-049507
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
23/06/2026
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
VI.3) Additional information
This is a Transparency - Intention to Award Notice - to inform market of the Relevant Authority's intention to Award a Contract under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Most Suitable Provider Process. The value of the contract is expected to be £20,000.
1.A statement that the relevant authority is intending to award a contract following Most Suitable Provider Process.
2.The name and address of the registered office or principal place of business of the provider(s) to whom an award is to be made:
Orr Medical, 48 Cross Keys Drive, Whittle le Woods, Chorley, PR6 7T
3.A description of the relevant health care services to which the contract relates, including the most relevant CPV code:
Children Services- Hull City Council
85100000 - Services Provided by Medical Personnel.
4.The approximate lifetime value of the contract:
£20,000
5.Details of the award decision-makers:
Governance - Hull City Council - Children's Services Directorate.
6.A statement explaining the award decision-makers' reasons for selecting the chosen provider, with reference to the key criteria:
Considered by Children's Services and guidance obtained to use PSR Regulations:
The Service Review was undertaken contributing to our decision making as well as colleagues in procurement and legal. The Review was then cross-referenced with the Key Evaluation Criteria to assess their proposal. The weighting for each of the criteria was as follows:
1. Quality and Innovation - Pass/Fail
2. Value - Pass/Fail
3. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - Pass/Fail
4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice - Pass/Fail
5. Social value - Pass/Fail
As further assurance that the provider would be able to satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard, Quality Assurance questions based on the updated service specification were issued covering the key criteria, the statements are below:
1. Quality and Innovation - The Service Provider is experienced in safeguarding, child development and the health needs of children looked after, with the medical advisors being General Medical Council (GMC) registered medical practitioners and shall strengthen interagency working across health, education and social care sectors to improve outcomes for children looked after and support Hull's sufficiency strategy by ensuring medical assessments do not become a barrier to timely carer approval or matching
The current service quality and capacity have experienced issues around the timeliness of assessments, quality of GP reports and insufficient resilience for sickness/absence. The proposed model addresses the concerns and allows time to embed a robust monitoring and quality assurance process int a longer term arrangement.
2. Value - The Service Provider shall adhere to the budget set. They shall deliver in line with a range of pricing options to allow for the more urgent medical assessments and reports to be delivered in a timely manner and allow the less urgent ones to take longer which will provide management of the workload.
The Service Provider shall work with the Local Authority to ensure efficiency and achieve effectiveness.
3. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - The service provider shall work closely with named and designated looked after children professionals, GPs, local authority children's services, One Adoption and NHS England to provide clear, balanced and child‑centred advice that enables effective decision‑making by social workers, managers, and adoption/fostering panels. The service will strengthen interagency working across health, education and social care sectors to improve outcomes for children looked after.
4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice - The service provider shall deliver:
• timely completion of high quality medical advisor reports
• compliance with court deadlines in adoption and fostering cases
• improved confidence in decision making through consistent, specialist clinical input
• reduced risk of delay or challenge within statutory processes
The interim service arrangement is explicitly designed to protect these outcomes during a period of organisational change, ensuring that children, carers, and courts experience no interruption in access to medical advice.
Performance expectations, turnaround times, and quality standards will be monitored to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and inform the specification of the longer term commissioned model.
5. Social value - the service delivers social value by:
• protecting vulnerable children from delay and disruption
• supporting timely, lawful decision making
• strengthening system resilience and professional confidence
• promoting equitable access to specialist medical advice
• contributing to sustainable, integrated public services
8.Any declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest.
None declared
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/06/2026