Awarded contract

Delivery Partner for the Regional Care Co-operatives Pathfinders and Commissioning, Forecasting and Market Shaping National Support

Details

Buyer: Department for Education
Supplier(s): MUTUAL VENTURES LIMITED
Value: £1,704,224
Topic: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Published: 17 May 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Delivery Partner contract will deliver support for the two Regional Care Cooperatives and national support with forecasting, commissioning and market shaping. Lot 1: In February 2023, the Department for Education published its implementation strategy and consultation on children’s social care reform, Stable Homes, Built on Love. As part of this, the Department has committed to working with local authorities and key partners to co-design and deliver two pathfinder Regional Care Cooperatives (RCCs) over this Spending Review period to test a new approach to planning, commissioning and delivering care placements for looked after children, with a view to rolling out after evaluating the best approach with the sector. The co-design process with local partners will shape the exact model and approach taken in each pathfinder area. The department also committed to commission an external organisation to deliver national support with forecasting, procurement and market shaping to local authorities.

Timeline

Completed: Award date19 April 2024
Completed: Award published17 May 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

The Department for Education is a ministerial department responsible for children's services and education policy in England, procuring both for itself and its executive agencies. Requirements are advertised on the Find a Tender service, published through the department's Jaggaer etendering system. Suppliers awarded a contract must register on the Central Digital Platform. Framework purchases follow the matching Crown Commercial Service terms. Many contracts are let on standard government terms, such as Cabinet Office short-form or model services agreements. Schools and academy trusts buy separately, using framework options the department reviews and approves in advance.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Education's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Decision makers

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