Published date: 22 April 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 7 March 2025, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy services - 79410000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£374,520

Procurement reference

tender_470636/1469172

Published date

22 April 2025

Closing date

7 March 2025

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

9 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

We required a delivery partner to work alongside us and the sector to provide challenge, independent oversight and support to LAs in relation to foster care recruitment support hubs, to ensure that this programme results in real, lasting change. The delivery partner would provide oversight of the project and leverage regional working at a senior strategic level to establish regional working patterns. The purpose of a delivery partner is to provide appropriate levels of both challenge and support to LAs to ensure new ways of working are embedded, as well as gathering and sharing insights between groups of LAs on approaches, successes and challenges to bring shared learning to the regions taking part in this programme nationally and inform DfE policy development.

We ran this competition using RM6187 Management Consultancy Framework Three (MCF3) Lot 7. This means that only those who were on the Commercial Agreement Lot 7 could submit a bid in response to the published contract notice.

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Award information

Awarded date

9 April 2025

Contract start date

9 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£374,520

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Mutual Ventures Ltd

Address

2-6 Boundary Row, London, SE1 8HP

Reference

Companies House number: 07490364

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Bishopsgate House
Darlington
DL1 5QE
England

Email

emily.kitching@education.gov.uk