Published date: 5 December 2023

Last edited date: 11 December 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 2 January 2024, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

  • Community health services - 85323000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£160,000

Procurement reference

KENT001-DN689222-52147383

Published date

5 December 2023

Closing date

2 January 2024

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 February 2024

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Start for Life (SfL) and Family Hubs Programme in Kent is a key transformation programme for KCC. KCC require an independent evaluation of the Programme in Kent to:
• Inform our understanding of the impact of the programme on outcomes for children, young people and families, as well as the wider impact upon the children and families' workforce, both within KCC and partner agencies;
• Provide vital objectivity and rigour to the evaluation, particularly important within a partnership-led programme, and sufficient capacity to deliver a comprehensive approach.
• Provide opportunity to shape the key strands of the evaluation to focus on the aspects most important to Kent.
• Articulate a theory of change across the multi-agency partnership implementing the programme and clarifying the underpinning logic model;
• Strengthen the quality and depth of reporting to DfE against the investment received;
• Inform future development of the Start for Life and Family Hub model and offer within Kent, both within and beyond the funded period. It is critical that this work is commissioned at pace, in order that the evaluation timeline can run concurrently with implementation of the model. This will enable additional baseline measures to be taken and reviewed at different stages of programme transformation to understand the emerging impacts for families, and for findings to inform the iterative development of the programme.
There is a national evaluation programme under development which may provide some limited support for Kent.
Only a proportion of the 75 Start for Life and Family Hub Transformation Authorities have been invited to participate in the evaluation study, and the DfE has confirmed that Kent has not been selected to participate in the Start for Life and Family Hubs evaluation during 2023/2024. This may be reviewed by DfE in 2024/2025


The advert can be found here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=dea628b8-0e82-ee11-8125-005056b64545&p=8691483f-2f3d-e711-80e1-005056b64545

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Local Evaluation of the Start for Life and Family Hubs Programme

  • Opportunity
  • Published 5 December 2023

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Sam Wright

Address

County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
England

Email

sam.wright@kent.gov.uk

Website

http://www.kent.gov.uk