Stale Pre-tender

Medical Advisers for Adoption & Fostering Panels

Details

Buyer: London Borough of Brent
Value: £320,000
Topic: Supply services of medical personnel
Published: 11 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The London Borough of Brent (“the Council”) is undertaking market engagement exercise on 23rd February 2026 (1pm-2pm) to inform the design of the procurement for the provision of Medical Advisers services, supporting the statutory requirement for Adoption and Fostering decision making. This event will take place online via Teams. If you are interested in attending, please email robin.goodacre@brent.gov.uk stating that you would like to attend, we will then send you a link to join. Please ensure that you send this message by 11am on 23rd February 2026. Medical Advisers for adoption and fostering panels are suitably qualified and experienced registered medical practitioners who provide independent clinical advice to support statutory decision-making in relation to children and prospective adopters or foster carers. This role includes review and interpretation of relevant health information, preparation of written medical advice, and attendance at panel where required to inform recommendations and Agency Decision Maker (ADM) decisions to help secure the best outcomes for children. This market engagement event will be used to inform the design of the procurement, test market capacity, understand appropriate pricing structures, Inform the development of the pricing schedule and the contract model.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published11 February 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Brent Council is a London borough council and local authority, running procurement through its own in-house corporate Procurement team. Open tenders are advertised and suppliers submit bids through the council's ProContract portal. Lower-value contracts are generally sourced and managed directly by individual service departments across the council. Larger, higher-value contracts are instead led by the corporate Procurement team. A dedicated local supplier database lists smaller-value opportunities specifically for businesses based in the borough. Brent's own Contracts Register, published on the ProContract portal, records every awarded contract going back to 2012.

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 London Borough of Brent's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

79625000 · Supply services of medical personnel
85000000 · Health and social work services
85100000 · Health services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov