Published date: 1 March 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 21 December 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Motion picture and video tape production and related services - 92110000

  • Advertising video-tape production - 92111220

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£80,000

Procurement reference

DVNCC001-DN698019-17914903

Published date

1 March 2024

Closing date

21 December 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Adopt South West (ASW) Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) has been established to meet the government agenda for regionalising adoption as set out in the Education and Adoption Act 2016 more detail can also be found in the Department for Education (DfE) Regionalising Adoption June 2015 .\r
ASW operates across the Local Authority areas of Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council, Somerset Council and Torbay Council.\r
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ASW aims to improve the number of placements available for priority children.\r
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The provider of the service will support ASW's vision to achieve improved outcomes for children and families. ASW will create a system where children are matched with the most suitable adopter as quickly as possible, as part of this ASW are seeking to commission the service of the production of professional video recordings of certain children waiting for adoption.\r
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ASW will determine and identify those Children and Young People for whom the video recordings would be the most beneficial, this will, in the main, be for those Children and Young People who may be more difficult to place. This may for example be sibling groups, or individuals due to their age, or indeed complexity of need.\r
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The video recordings will be used in a number of ways to support the placement of children for adoption and permanence. For example, they will be shown at Family Finding evenings, and possibly through online portals. It is important to note that in line with best practice, all the video recordings must be appropriate for the Child to view, they will be shared with the child as part of their life story work at the appropriate time. They must also be sensitive towards the Child's family of birth due to the possibility that they may access it.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

CP2412-23 Adoption Video Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 21 November 2023, last edited 21 November 2023

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Award information

Awarded date

1 March 2024

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£80,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Company Film Solutions Ltd

Address

EX8 2QG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Grace Evans

Address

County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
England

Telephone

+44 1392383000

Email

grace.evans@devon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.devon.gov.uk