--- title: "Birth Family Support and Counselling Service in Adoption, Regional Origins Tracing Service and Advice, Support and Signposting Service for Adults in Adoption" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0333e0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0333e0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0333e0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0333e0.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION, PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE GROUP [SPPG] OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH" published: "2022-05-04" --- # Birth Family Support and Counselling Service in Adoption, Regional Origins Tracing Service and Advice, Support and Signposting Service for Adults in Adoption Buyer: BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION, PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE GROUP [SPPG] OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0333e0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0333e0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0333e0.json) ## Summary The Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service, acting on behalf of the Strategic Planning and Performance Group of the Department of Health, is in the planning stage for a tender titled "Birth Family Support and Counselling Service in Adoption, Regional Origins Tracing Service and Advice, Support and Signposting Service for Adults in Adoption." This tender falls under the health and social work services category and is intended for locations within the UK. Interested providers should express their interest by 19 May 2022, ahead of the tender's formal announcement, which is expected in the coming months. This process adheres to the Public Contract Regulations (PCR 2015) Light Touch Regime. This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in social work, guidance, and counselling services, particularly those with Registered Adoption Agency credentials. Companies focused on birth family support and counselling, as well as services aiding in tracing and advice for adults in adoption scenarios, would be ideally positioned to compete for this tender. The successful provider will play a critical role in delivering essential services to support families affected by adoption in the region. ## Notice Birth Family Support and Counselling Service in Adoption, Regional Origins Tracing Service and Advice, Support and Signposting Service for Adults in Adoption. ### Lot Information Lot 1 HSC wish to inform the market that they are planning to procure the provision of a Birth Family Support and Counselling Service in Adoption, Regional Origins Tracing Service and Advice, Support and Signposting Service for Adults in Adoption. * Independent Birth Family Support and Counselling Service - this service is for birth parents and other birth family members including children, where a child has been adopted. * Regional Tracing Origins Service for adult adoptees and birth families in Adoption - this service traces birth parents and adoptees on referral from a Registered Adoption Agency in Northern Ireland. * Advice, Support and Signposting Service for adults seeking information about their past or for tracing in adoption - this service signposts those searching for information in relation to birth relatives or adopted adults to the appropriate organisation. It will be a requirement of the tender that the Provider (or Lead Agency) is a Registered Adoption Agency by the start date of the new contract. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to raise awareness of an upcoming procurement and gauge the level of interest in the provision of such services in advance of any formal tender process. To make an expression of interest please email PaLSSocialcare.Sourcing@hscni.net by 19 May 2022 providing the following information: -- organisation name; brief description of services you provide; and web address if applicable. Note - a PIN was previously published on 7 June 2021 in respect of this service - Publication reference: 2021/S 000-012691. Any organisation that expressed interest in this first PIN need not express interest again since all who have responded to either PIN will be automatically included in any future correspondence. The tender is still in preparation and tender details have not yet been finalised and are subject to change. Full tender details will be included in the suite of tender documents which will be available for download when the tender is advertised. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been published in the Find a Tender Service (FTS) via the Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) eTendersNI procurement portal: https://eTendersni.gov.uk/. Any tender opportunity will also be advertised using this same procurement portal - eTendersNI. Tenderers must be registered on eTendersNI and have selected the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) Code 85000000 (Health and social work services), 85300000 (Social work and related services) and 85312300 (Guidance and counselling services). The tender is likely to be advertised in the coming month(s). It is your responsibility to find this or any tender opportunity when it is advertised, please check the portal regularly for tender opportunities. Note: This is not a call for tender. This PIN is for information purposes only. Any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in a procurement exercise. Failure to show interest does not restrict providers from participating in any procurement exercise. There is no guarantee a procurement process will run. Note: The Public Contract Regulations (PCR 2015) Light Touch Regime (LTR) (Regulation 74- 77) applies to this service ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011587-2022 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 4 May 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 May 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION, PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE GROUP [SPPG] OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | | Locality | ARMAGH | | Post town | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT61 7PR | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN07 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | | Local authority | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | | Electoral ward | Cathedral | | Westminster constituency | Newry and Armagh | | Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85300000 - Social work and related services - 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services ## Release History - 4 May 2022 at 20:48 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011587-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://eTendersni.gov.uk/ - https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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