01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Durham County Council
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Category
- Not supplied
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
Link Maker is a national database that allows adoption agencies to match children with approved prospective adopters across England. This is the only system available and used by all 34 Regional Adoption Agencies and the Voluntary Adoption Agencies. In addition is is utilised for linking and matching across the 2 spokes of Adopt Coast to Coast. It is essential to practice. The invoice will be paid by Durham and through a Purchase Order one-third of the cost will be reimbursed by Together for Children.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
003490 - Annual licence for Link Maker
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 30 March 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Durham County Council
Corten House, Dunholme Close, Durham, UKC14, DH1 5WB, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PMPB-8772-VYWMLINK MAKER SYSTEMS LIMITED
C/O Gateley Legal, Manchester, UKD33, M2 4WU, United Kingdom
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04 Provenance
Source for this process
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