Published date: 23 June 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£0 to £400,000
Procurement reference
20-21/013
Published date
23 June 2021
Closing date
13 January 2021
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
1 April 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Expressions of Interest are sought from research organisations or consortiums working in partnership with family hub(s) on evaluation of the service effectiveness, outcomes and impacts and value for money of family hubs. All expressions of interest must be a partnership between:
• A research supplier/consortium (can be a research agency or consultancy, Higher Education institute, think tank, or other research bodies); and
• Family hub(s) (or consortium/group of these, and could be a local-authority run family hub, a group of local authorities with family hubs, voluntary and community sector organisations that deliver family hubs, health commissioners that fund or deliver family hubs, school-based family hubs, or other models).
For contractual purposes, the lead bidder and contractor should be research supplier(s) but they must work with named family hubs for their Expression of Interest proposal, to deliver the evaluation, and have a service-level agreement in place covering relative roles, responsibilities and contract costs within the evaluation.
Contracted suppliers and partner hubs are expected to work with the separately contracted National Centre for Family Hubs and Integrated Family Services on dissemination activities and to generate guidance and toolkits on evaluation for wider benefit.
There is an upper cap of £400,000 per evaluation contract. Project design and set up will commence in April 2021. We expect the projects and contracts to end by March 2023 at the latest.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
Family Hubs Evaluation Innovation Fund
- Opportunity
- Published 10 December 2020, last edited 4 January 2021
Attachments
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- EOI Family Hubs Evaluation Innovation Fund FINAL.docx
- Contract notice
- Expression of Interest (EOI)
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- EOI form 2020.doc
- Contract notice
- Expression of Interest Form (EOI) for completion
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- Market warming presentation FINAL.pdf
- Clarifications to bidders questions
- Further Information - Market Warming Event Document
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- Market warming - Q and A.pdf
- Clarifications to bidders questions
- Market Warming Event Q&A
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- QA as of 4th January - Family Hubs Evaluation fund EOI.pdf
- Clarifications to bidders questions
- Q&A's as of January 2021
Additional text
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The Government made a manifesto commitment to "improve the Troubled Families programme and champion Family Hubs to serve vulnerable families with the intensive, integrated support they need to care for children - from the early years and throughout their lives".
In Budget 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £2.5 million for research and the development of best practice around the integration of services for families, including family hubs, and how best to support vulnerable children. This funding is being administered by the Department for Education.
https://assets-global.website-files.com/5da42e2cae7ebd3f8bde353c/5dda924905da587992a064ba_Conservative 2019 Manifesto.pdf in 2019
Please Note: **Answers to any supplier questions received during the Expression of Interest stage will be posted on this page by the end of Monday 4th January 2021.
Q&A update to be published on 4th January 2021.
Award information
Awarded date
3 June 2021
Contract start date
3 June 2021
Contract end date
30 June 2023
Total value of contract
£399,853
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
ECORYS UK LIMITED
Address
Albert House,92-93 Edward Street
BIRMINGHAM
West Midlands
B1 2RA
GBReference
Companies House number: 01650169
Value of contract
£399,853
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Attachments
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- REDACTED CONTRACT - DfE and Ecorys Ltd - Family Hubs Evaluation Innovation Fund.pdf
- Signed contract
- Redacted Contract
About the buyer
Contact name
Jonathon Blackburn
Address
Piccadilly Gate,Store Street
MANCHESTER
M12WD
England
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