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title: "Regional DPS framework of Voluntary Adoption Agencies"
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# Regional DPS framework of Voluntary Adoption Agencies

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/regional-dps-framework-of-voluntary-adoption-agencies-ocds-h6vhtk-037dee). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council: "Regional DPS framework of Voluntary Adoption Agencies". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/blaenau-gwent-county-borough-council-ons-w06000019)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services, Social work services with accommodation
- **Delivery Location:** UKL16
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-037dee`

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## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85311000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** 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 appro...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030768-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-01T09:57:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T13:24:56.088Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-037dee