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title: "DCAF - Scotland's Adoption Register"
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# DCAF - Scotland's Adoption Register

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dcaf-scotland-s-adoption-register-ocds-h6vhtk-04b3b5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Government: "DCAF - Scotland's Adoption Register". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Dec 2024, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 December 2024 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administrative social services, Social work and related services, Social work services, Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £731,523 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04b3b5`

## Before you bid
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- **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/dcaf-scotland-s-adoption-register-ocds-h6vhtk-04b3b5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dcaf-scotland-s-adoption-register-ocds-h6vhtk-04b3b5#participate

## Description
The provision of Scotland’s Adoption Register (“the Register”) is set out in The Scotland’s Adoption Register Regulations 2016 and comprises an online Register and national matching service that allows social workers to share information about children who have a plan for adoption with approved adopters in Scotland.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 85310000, 85311300
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Scotland's Adoption Register also plays a key role in providing opportunities for children and prospective adopters to come together through hosting events such as adoption exchange days and adoption activity days. The Register also offers direct adv...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2025 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 007298-2025-721630-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Association for Fostering, Kinship and Adoption Scotland**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-78600`
  - Value: £731,523 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 007298-2025-721630-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £731,523
  - Signed Date: 13/02/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007298-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-26T14:17:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T13:31:38.657Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04b3b5