Published date: 1 March 2023
Last edited date: 16 March 2023
This notice was replaced on 12 July 2023
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 12 July 2023)
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Contract summary
Industry
Technical support services - 71356300
Location of contract
North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Value of contract
£704,032
Procurement reference
tender_318408/1184911
Published date
1 March 2023
Closing date
12 April 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 October 2023
Contract end date
30 September 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
It is the Department for Educations intention to undertake a procurement exercise to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to deliver The Fosterline Service on behalf of the Department from 1st October 2023.
The Fosterline Service is a free, independent national advice service that offers support for both current and prospective foster carers. It has been in place since 2006, funded by the Department of Education. During that time, the Department also increased the scope of Fosterline from responding to ad hoc enquiries to offering individualised ongoing services for current or prospective foster carers requiring help with ongoing issues or detailed tax and benefits advice. The services aim to support foster families to stay together during times of crisis, reducing placement breakdown, and avoiding costs associated with this. The current service is widely used, with over 108,000 contacts (through the helpline service, 1-2-1s, web-chats, emails, website visits etc )in the year 2021-22.
To register your interest to tender and view the tender documents, you will need to be registered as a supplier on the DfE Jaggaer eTendering portal, available at
https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
Once registered the event will be accessible via the 'View Opportunities' link on the Homepage. Select the Opportunity Notice for 'The Fosterline Service ITT (ITT_2097) and this will take you directly to the live tender. The closing date for submitting your bid is 12:00 GMT on the 12/4/23.
In order to provide further information on the live tender a bidders event webinar will be held via MS teams on 8/3/23 from 14:00-16:00 GMT. Please register your attendance the tenders messaging portal on jaggaer (ITT_2097)
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
- Early engagement
- Published 13 December 2022
About the buyer
Address
Department for Education
London
SW1P 3BT
England
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