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A Fostering Recruitment Service
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £300,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Thu 18 Jan 2018A deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Thu 18 Jan 2018, which is not an open deadline.
- Published
- 28 Feb 2018
- Region
- South West
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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Dorset County Council has recently made the decision to change the way we provide fostering services. We are deeply committed to providing the best possible care for children, close to home and so have ambitious plans to significantly increase the number of foster carers in Dorset. We have redesigned the way our fostering team provides assessment and support services, and are investing in changing our fees and allowances to make them simpler, more competitive and to reward those that are highly skilled.
We are looking for an organisation to work with us to help us deliver on this ambition. An organisation that is able to get our message out, generate enquiries and follow up potential leads including initial home visits/carer evaluations ensuring that when we undertake assessments of potential foster carers that these are focused on those that have the best chance of being approved.
Dorset County Council is therefore seeking tenders from suitably experienced and capable service providers for fostering recruitment services.
The contract will cover the period 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019, and an optional extension for a further 12 months.
(Light Touch Regime) This procurement is considered to be applicable under Chapter 3 section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 85000000 85300000 85320000
- 85321000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 28 Feb 2018Contract notice
Contract notice published 28 February 2018.
Release 1f62864c-629a-4498-95a3-b793069f2820
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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07/ Tender hubs
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08/ Related
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- Reference
- 1f62864c-629a-4498-95a3-b793069f2820
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- Stage
- contract · Contract
- Last verified
- Tue 7 Apr 2026, 22:17 BST
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