--- title: "Independent Adoption Support Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03c255" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03c255" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03c255.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03c255.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "KENT COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-04-20" --- # Independent Adoption Support Services Buyer: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c255 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03c255) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03c255.json) ## Summary The Kent County Council has issued a tender for the provision of Independent Adoption Support Services. This includes services for birth parents, access to information for adult adoptees and birth relatives, and contact services for adopted children. The contract duration is 2880 days, with specific yearly referral limits for each service. The procurement method is open, and the tender submission deadline is on May 19, 2023. The tender can create opportunities for businesses providing social work and related services in the region of Maidstone, United Kingdom. The procurement process is currently in the active stage, with Kent County Council acting as the buying organisation. The tender presents opportunities for businesses involved in social work and related services to participate and offer their solutions. Businesses that specialise in adoption support, counselling services, and intermediary services would be well-suited to compete. The contract offers a chance to support families affected by adoption and deliver critical services to the community, aligning with the statutory requirements set by the council. ## Notice APSE seeks to commission independent adoption support services which provides support for those affected by adoption by recognising that its effects extend to the entire family from the adoptee, adoptive families and birth families and acknowledging that its impact can last a lifetime. APSE will fulfil its statutory requirements by: 1. Ensuring the provision of a high-quality adoption service which guarantees the best possible standards of care, safety and protection for children or young people who are looked after and who need adoptive placements 2. Ensuring that all those whose lives have been affected by adoption are helped to identify and receive appropriate services 3. Working in partnership with adoptive families and other agencies ensuring the service is based on statutory requirements and good practice within the principles of value for money for the agency. These independent adoption support services are for those affected by adoption, specifically for the following: * Support for birth parents * Access to information and intermediary services for adult adoptees and birth relatives * Staying in Touch (Contact) Services for adopted children. The services to be delivered comprise of 4 distinct elements with each underpinned by a legislative framework: A. An independent support service to Birth Parents The provision of a support and counselling service to birth parents prior to an adoption taking place where a child is (or children are) in care and looked after by the local authority and for whom adoption has been identified as the plan. B. An access to Birth Records and intermediary service for Adult Adoptees This service assists adopted persons, either adopted through the local authority or who are resident within the areas covered by Adoption Partnership South East (APSE), and who are aged 18 years and over, to obtain information in relation to their adoption, and to facilitate contact between such persons and their adult birth relatives. C. Access to information and an intermediary service for Birth Relatives and those with a Prescribed relationship To provide access to non-identifying information regarding the adoption, advice and support to birth relatives aged 18 years and over, and those with a prescribed relationship who require intermediary services, when the adoptee has reached age 18 years and over. D. Staying in Touch (Contact Services - Direct and Indirect) The provision of a contact service for children under the age of 18 years who have been adopted and have contact with their birth relatives. The contact services include both an indirect letterbox service and a direct contact service (face to face). ### Lot Information Lot 1 Service A: An independent support service to Birth Parents A maximum of 100 new referrals per year (eg every 12 month period from contract commencement). This total does not include existing cases being worked which may need to be handed over as part of any mobilisation of the contract. Service B: An access to Birth Records and intermediary service for Adult Adoptees A maximum of 150 new referrals per year (eg every 12-month period from contract commencement). This total does not include existing cases being worked which may need to be handed over as part of any mobilisation of the contract. Service C: Access to information and an intermediary service for Birth Relatives and those with a Prescribed relationship A maximum of 60 referrals per year for Intermediary Services for birth relatives (eg every 12 month period from contract commencement). This total does not include existing cases being worked which may need to be handed over as part of any mobilisation of the contract. Service D: Staying In Touch (Direct Contact) 45 Staying in Touch (direct contact) cases per year for adopted children Service D: Staying In Touch (Indirect Contact) 1850 individual children as active indirect Staying in Touch (contact) cases. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011361-2023 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 20 Apr 2023 | | Submission deadline | 19 May 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | 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 | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | KENT COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | MAIDSTONE | | Post town | Rochester | | Postcode | ME14 1XQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent | | ITL 3 | TLJ45 Mid Kent | | Local authority | Maidstone | | Electoral ward | Penenden Heath | | Westminster constituency | Maidstone and Malling | | Delivery location | TLJ4 Kent | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85300000 - Social work and related services ## Release History - 20 Apr 2023 at 12:56 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011361-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.kent.gov.uk - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=44babbfb-75df-ed11-8121-005056b64545 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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