Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c21-19d8-71e8-9b10-9300e11610e2/independent-adoption-special-guardianship-order-support-services awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Independent Adoption & Special Guardianship Order Support Services [Kent County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/kent-county-council) Estimated value £1,881,375 Published 11 Jun 2018 Deadline Closed 9 Jul 2018 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Kent County Council is seeking to commission a county-wide service regarding Independent Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Services. The services will be available to those living within the Kent County Council geographical area, or where adoption has taken place through Kent County Council. ### The service will consist of four distinct elements:- Service A: An Independent Support Service to Birth Parents. This service provides 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 Kent County Council, and for whom adoption has been identified as the plan. Service B: An Access to Birth Records and Intermediary Services for Adult Adoptees This service assists adopted persons, either adopted through Kent County Council or who are resident in Kent, and who are aged 18 years or over, to obtain information in relation to their adoption, and to facilitate contact between such persons and their adult birth relatives. Service C: Access to Information and Intermediary Services for Birth Relatives and those in Prescribed Relationship This service provides access to non-identifying information regarding the adoption and advice and support to birth relatives and those with a prescribed relationship aged 18 years and over; including access to intermediary services when the adoptee has reached age 18 years or over. ### Service D: Contact Services This service provides contact services, direct and indirect, for children under the age of 18 years who have been adopted, or who are the subject of a Special Guardianship Order and who may have contact with their birth relatives. Kent County Council is seeking to award one contract covering all the above under this tender process. It is the Council's intention to award the contract for a period of three years with the potential to extend for a further two years. The contract will commence on 1st October 2018. Please note that these services can only be delivered by an Adoption Support Agency registered with Ofsted. Further details on service delivery are contained in the Invitation to Tender. Applications must be submitted via the Kent Business Portal [kentbusinessportal.org.uk](https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk) Read full description ## CPV classification Health and social work services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/407228f0-072e-42df-8b51-787aa06545e7) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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