Published date: 19 March 2018

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


Closing: 29 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

RD1001296

Published date

19 March 2018

Closing date

29 September 2017

Contract start date

31 January 2018

Contract end date

31 December 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Adoption Support Fund (ASF) was rolled out nationally in May 2015. It enables local authorities to make applications for funding for therapeutic support for adopted children. The aim of the ASF is to reduce the gap between adoptive children needing therapeutic services and those actually receiving them. The department currently makes significant investments in adoption support, £28m in 2017-18 with further increases every year in this Parliament.
The purpose of this research is to provide an up-to-date assessment of the impact of the Adoption Support Fund in England on family and children outcomes. Since the introduction of the Fund there have been many important changes to the Fund and this evaluation aims to update the current evidence on the Fund building in evaluation of recent changes and options for the future operation of the Fund.
We anticipate that this research is likely to be based on a multi-method approach, and will include the following three elements to answer the research questions:
1. Longitudinal research with adoptive families and their adopted children, to follow a cohort of families from assessment through to six months after completing their therapy, both quantitatively and qualitatively, to explore their experiences in greater depth.
2. Longitudinal qualitative research with local authorities and adoption support providers to understand how the ASF has impacted their experience and behaviour.
3. Case studies with launched RAAs and action research with the ASF regional pilots to understand their rollout and impact as they come on stream and go live; and,
4. Two qualitative studies to respond to emerging issues.
Expressions of interest will be assessed against the following criteria:
• Understanding the Department's requirements
• Knowledge and experience of the adoption support market and market development
• Experience of the methodologies to be used. Evidence of analysis of large datasets and a knowledge of child assessment instruments and their development.
• Experience of working on high profile Government research projects working to tight deadlines and writing good quality reports with clear conclusions
Expressions of interests submitted must be no more than 750 words - anything longer will be disregarded.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Evaluation of the Early Adoption Fund 2017

  • Opportunity
  • Published 15 September 2017

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

8 December 2017

Contract start date

15 February 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£233,060

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Institute of Public Care Acting on Behalf of Oxford Brookes Ente

Address

Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP

Reference

None

Value of contract

£0

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Maura Lantrua

Address

2 St Pauls Place
Sheffield
S1 2FJ
England

Email

maura.lantrua@education.gov.uk