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# Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund Preliminary Market Engagement Notice

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adoption-and-special-guardianship-support-fund-preliminary-market-engagement-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0599dc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund Preliminary Market Engagement Notice". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adoption-and-special-guardianship-support-fund-preliminary-market-engagement-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0599dc#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0599dc`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adoption-and-special-guardianship-support-fund-preliminary-market-engagement-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0599dc#tl-md)

## Description
The Adoption Support Fund (ASF) was launched in 2015 and expanded to include Special Guardianship in 2016, becoming the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) in 2023.   
The ASGSF aims to support adoptive and special guardianship order children to receive the therapeutic services they have been assessed as needing. This is so they can recover from their early childhood experiences, ultimately to improve their short- and long-term outcomes. 
We are seeking a Delivery Partner (DP) to liaise with Local Authorities (LAs) and Regional Adoption Agencies (RAAs) to deliver the ASGSF service. All applications come through a portal and the DP will have to process and approve these applications as per the terms and conditions of the contract and the current scope and eligibility for the ASGSF. 
The DP is responsible for: 
Fund Management, Management Reporting and Data Requests, Managing Digital Solutions, and payment of grant funding for approved applications to LA/RAAs. 
Grant funding 
The DP will administer grant funding on behalf of the DfE.  After applications are approved, service providers will invoice the relevant LA or RAA once the service starts.  The LA/RAA will in turn invoice the DP.  To cover the costs, a profiled amount will be transferred to the DP in advance based on a pre-agreed grant funding agreement between the DfE and DP. 
Please note, all information in this notice will be subject to ministerial agreement and internal approval.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 80000000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F056398-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-15T07:24:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T20:02:04.653Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0599dc