Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Emilie.WILKINSON@EDUCATION.GOV.UK
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Adoption Support Fund Extension April - June 2026
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is a Corrigendum notice for the Adoption and Special Guardian Support Fund to extend the current contract.
The 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.
This 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.
The value of this extension is £787,907.56. This brings the total value of this contract, plus previous extensions and variations, to £12,410,925.89.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-001933
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
This is a Corrigendum notice for the Adoption and Special Guardian Support Fund to extend the current contract.
The 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.
This 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.
The value of this extension is £787,907.56. This brings the total value of this contract, plus previous extensions and variations, to £12,410,925.89.