Adoption Support Fund Extension April - June 2026

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    "name": "Department for Education"
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  "date": "2026-01-07T10:39:21Z",
  "id": "000950-2026",
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        "email": "Emilie.WILKINSON@EDUCATION.GOV.UK"
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    "amendments": [
      {
        "description": "This is a Corrigendum notice for the Adoption and Special Guardian Support Fund to  extend the current contract. \nThe Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) has been delivered by Mott Macdonald since April 2022 to enable payment to Local Authorities for therapy services. The original ITT (itt_844 - Adoption Support Fund) for this contract set out the full service.\nThis contract has been extended between April 2024 - March 2026 as set out in the initial procurement. To ensure continuity in the approval and payment of therapy applications, we are now extending this contract for a further 3 months while a procurement exercise is being finalised in line with Regulation 72(1)(b) guidance. The procurement exercise will be launched imminently from the Crown Commercial Service Fund Administration and Disbursement Services DPS RM6322. Market Engagement has been completed on this service (https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056398-2025), and interested parties can apply onto the DPS if not already members to gain access to the competition.  \n\n        \nThe value of this extension is \u00a3787,907.56. This brings the total value of this contract, plus previous extensions and variations, to \u00a312,410,925.89.",
        "id": "11"
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    "classification": {
      "description": "Other community, social and personal services",
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    },
    "description": "This is a Corrigendum notice for the Adoption and Special Guardian Support Fund to  extend the current contract. \nThe Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) has been delivered by Mott Macdonald since April 2022 to enable payment to Local Authorities for therapy services. The original ITT (itt_844 - Adoption Support Fund) for this contract set out the full service.\nThis contract has been extended between April 2024 - March 2026 as set out in the initial procurement. To ensure continuity in the approval and payment of therapy applications, we are now extending this contract for a further 3 months while a procurement exercise is being finalised in line with Regulation 72(1)(b) guidance. The procurement exercise will be launched imminently from the Crown Commercial Service Fund Administration and Disbursement Services DPS RM6322. Market Engagement has been completed on this service (https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056398-2025), and interested parties can apply onto the DPS if not already members to gain access to the competition.  \n\n        \nThe value of this extension is \u00a3787,907.56. This brings the total value of this contract, plus previous extensions and variations, to \u00a312,410,925.89.",
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "title": "Adoption Support Fund Extension April - June 2026"
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