Awarded contract

Coram BAAF Membership

Details

Buyer: Leicestershire County Council
Supplier(s): Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Formerly Foundling Hospita
Value: £42,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Subscription services
Published: 10 April 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Purchase of membership to Coram BAAF to allow Leicestershire County Council to access fostering and adoption resources. Membership allows the Council to use Coram BAAF forms for fostering and adoption, which ensures the forms are both regulatory and legally complaint. Updates on revised paperwork and guidance notes for completion are also included in the membership. This contract has been directly awarded to Coram BAAF on the basis that they are the only organisation that nationally publishes legally compliant health and social work forms and offer updates on revised paperwork and guidance notes. They are widely used by local authorities unless the local authority produce their own forms. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published10 April 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date10 April 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

Leicestershire County Council buys as a local authority, advertising larger contracts on the government's Find a Tender service. Smaller contracts appear separately on Contracts Finder, the portal for lower-value public work. Some contracts also run through frameworks set up by outside bodies, including ESPO, and suppliers apply to join those directly. The council itself trades nationally as ESPO, running framework agreements for public bodies nationwide. A two-year procurement plan on the council's open data site lists contracts still to come. Suppliers must also register on Find a Tender, a requirement since April 2026.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Leicestershire County Council's contract awards have been in transport services, construction work and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

79980000 · Subscription services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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