Awarded contract

CS6098 - Children in Care PEP and Attendance Monitoring

Details

Buyer: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Supplier(s): Welfare Call (LAC) Ltd
Value: £139,532.4
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 17 September 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

A comprehensive digital solution that: • Provides real-time attendance monitoring and same-day absence verification for children in the council's care. • A web solution that enables the co-creation and management of Personal Education Plans (PEPs) within a secure, collaborative portal for staff, carers and social workers. • Delivers analytics, strategic dashboards, and longitudinal outcome tracking (attendance, engagement, attainment, progress) aligned to Ofsted expectations and Virtual School statutory duties. • Meets DfE approval/authorisation requirements and all relevant UK government standards for access, security and data protection. The solution must demonstrably support the Virtual School's statutory responsibilities for looked-after children (LAC) and extend to related cohorts (e.g., children with a social worker, kinship) as the remit evolves. Current provision offers attendance tracking and PEP creation with dashboards, but pupil outcome tracking is a critical gap and is largely manual; bidders must address this gap explicitly. ## Contract award Title: CS6098 - Children in Care PEP and Attendance Monitoring

Timeline

Completed: Award published17 September 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date17 September 2026
Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

London Borough of Tower Hamlets is an East London local authority that awards contracts through public tender, framework agreements and Dynamic Purchasing System registration. Contracts above the advertising threshold are tendered through the London Tenders Portal, powered by Proactis Due North. Lower-value work is instead sought through the Proactis Request for Quote tool. Open tenders also appear on the Find a Tender Service. Suppliers can join Dynamic Purchasing Systems covering weight management, education support workers, design and print, and construction-related work. The council holds CIPS procurement excellence accreditation for its buying practices.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of London Borough of Tower Hamlets's contract awards have been in health and social work and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-tower-hamlets.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-tower-hamlets.gov
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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-tower-hamlets.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-tower-hamlets.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-tower-hamlets.gov