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title: "Regional DPS framework of Voluntary Adoption Agencies"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-037dee"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL"
published: "2022-11-01"
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# Regional DPS framework of Voluntary Adoption Agencies

Buyer: BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037dee

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## Summary

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, on behalf of the South East Wales Adoption Service, is conducting a market engagement exercise for the Regional DPS Framework of Voluntary Adoption Agencies. Interested parties must register on the E-Procurement portal by 15th November 2022 to submit their Expressions of Interest, which should include details like confirmation of interest and management structure. The procurement stage is in the planning phase for social work and related services in the UKL16 region of South East Wales.

This tender provides an opportunity for organisations interested in supporting the Welsh Placement Strategy and providing adoption placements for Welsh children in Wales. Businesses offering social work services with accommodation may find this tender suitable for their operations. By participating in this tender, businesses can contribute to the Regional Collaborative and the strategic sourcing approach for adoption placements, thus fostering growth opportunities in the social work industry within the specified region.

## Notice

The South East Wales Adoption Service would like to move towards a strategic sourcing approach to providing adoption placements for children across the South East Wales Region when using external agencies to provide placements. A move towards a strategic sourcing approach would project the likely number of placements to made by the Voluntary Adoption Agencies (VAA) each year, offering the VAAs more security from which to enhance their service and provide the Regional Collaborative with clearer information for budgeting. Greater parity would emerge between the sourcing of external placements from statutory and voluntary sectors in Wales, with Welsh VAAs being used as an integral part in supporting placement activity within the Regional Collaborative. Critically, it would strengthen the Wales placement strategy in the placement of more Welsh children with families in Wales. Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council acting as lead commissioner on behalf of the South East Wales Adoption Service, is seeking expressions of interest from organisations who can actively support the Welsh Placement Strategy to place Welsh Children in Wales and wish to be considered for inclusion on a regional DPS souring framework of Voluntary Adoption Agencies. There will be an expectation that interested parties maintain collaborative working arrangements to reduce waiting times for children and the infrastructure is in place to manage the number of placements likely to be required.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The commissioning parties are seeking to engage with organisations who can actively support the Welsh Placement Strategy to place Welsh Children in Wales, with the intention of establishing a regional framework/DPS to enable a strategic souring approach to providing adoption placements for children across the South East Wales region.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030768-2022 |
| 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 | 1 Nov 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Dec 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 | BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | CAERPHILLY COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL; MONMOUTHSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL; NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL; TORFAEN COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | EBBW VALE |
| Post town | Newport |
| Postcode | NP23 6AA |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport |
| Local authority | Monmouthshire |
| Electoral ward | Llanbadoc and Usk |
| Westminster constituency | Monmouthshire |
| Delivery location | TLL16 Gwent Valleys |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

## Release History

- 1 Nov 2022 at 09:57 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030768-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/
- http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk
- http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk
- http://www.newport.gov.uk
- http://www.torfaen.gov.uk
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0272
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0273
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0277
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0278
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0498

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