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Coventry City Council

COV - Independent Children's Complaints Investigation 2026

Business ServicesCPV 79342300
Value£602k
Deadline12 Oct 2026
Published8 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 8 Sept 202634 days leftCloses 12 Oct 2026
Who to contact
ProcurementContracts@coventry.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£602ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Coventry City Council publishes Business Services work continuously — 43 notices, roughly one every 37 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

Coventry City Council are seeking providers to deliver our Children Complaints service, the providers will support with all stages of our external complaints process.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
  • Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f480
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
084881-2026
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