Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Gloucestershire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- Anglia Research SME, Finders Genealogists Ltd SME, Fraser and Fraser SME
- Value
- £125,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Research & development · Research services (CPV 73110000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Sep 2025
- Published9 Jan 2026Published 116 days after the contract date
Description
This Concession framework agreement will be for up to 3 suppliers for 4 years with no option to extend. The framework will be owned by Gloucestershire County Council ("the Council"). The Council and the successful contractors will be parties to the Framework Agreement. \\r\r \\r\r Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is looking to utilise the services of probate researchers to help identify, locate and support entitled relatives/executors to administer the estate. GCC would be looking to use probate researchers as a means of recovering debt, managing empty/unoccupied properties, and allowing deputyship accounts to be closed.
About the suppliers
Anglia Research: every public contract they have won.
Finders Genealogists Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Fraser and Fraser: every public contract they have won.