Published date: 17 December 2020

Last edited date: 17 December 2020

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


Closing: 25 October 2019, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£7,495,250

Procurement reference

tender_221116/912584

Published date

17 December 2020

Closing date

25 October 2019

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

25 November 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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

Following the multi-agency safeguarding reforms, safeguarding partners must work together in a jointly designed and locally owned partnership arrangement. This is the first time there has been a joint duty on local authorities, health and police to work together to safeguarding children. This approach relies on new ways of working and a culture change in the way that partners behave and collaborate. For many local areas this has been challenging to implement.
While plans for all of the all the partnerships are now published and are being put into action, full implementation will be an evolutionary process and local areas will continue to adapt their plans as new learning and approaches are disseminated over the next 12 to 18 months. The purpose of this research is to identify how the three agencies are building, developing and maintaining strong working relationships, to improve local safeguarding approaches.
The research will seek to identify and understand the key behaviours required for successful multiagency working. A behavioural perspective is required as we are specifically interested in the meanings that people attach to actions, decisions, beliefs, values and to help explain how respondents make sense of, and interpret, the world around them and what influences their behaviours.

Award information

Awarded date

22 November 2019

Contract start date

25 November 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£7,495,250

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Kantar Ltd

Address

4 Milibank, London, SW1P 3JA

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

2 St Paul's Place
Sheffield
S1 2FJ
England

Email

samantha.lee@education.gov.uk