Published date: 14 September 2023

Last edited date: 14 September 2023

This notice was replaced on 8 January 2024

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 8 January 2024, last edited 22 April 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

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

£130,000 to £150,000

Procurement reference

tender_375219/1253502

Published date

14 September 2023

Closing date

16 October 2023

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

20 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 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

Children and young people (as well as families) have a vital part to play in our vision to transform childrens social care and we want to ensure their voice is at the core of our work as we progress our policy development and delivery both at a national and local level.
We are seeking to create an Advisory Board of children and young people aged 11-25 with a wide range of care experience. Our aim for the board is that they can support in challenging our policy development as we move into the delivery phase of reform and that the views they share are given equal weighting to those from the sector. Young people told us that opportunities to share their views with Ministers and senior civil servants directly is important to them.
SCS across children's social care agree that this is a priority and we need to continue listening to children and young people as an integral part of our work.
Safeguarding and pastorally caring for board members is our absolute priority as well as enabling the children and young people involved to develop their own skills and experience - and we need a contractor to support us to do this well.
We will expect a contractor to support us with these key elements which we do not have expertise to deliver in house - this particularly relates to safeguarding expertise, pastoral care and experience in enabling children and young people to engage in a professional environment. We will also expect a contract to support us with protecting children and young people's personal data. Any potential contractor will need to adhere to DfE's stringent standards on GDPR and demonstrate this effectively through their policies and procedures.
The estimated contract term is mid November 2023 - 31st of March 25 with an optional 12 month extension.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

CR: Children and Young People's Advisory Board for Children's Social Care

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 22 June 2023

Links

Additional text

This open tender competition is being run via the DfE e-procurement portal, Jaggaer. Links to the site, related guidance and tender documents can be found via the following link:

Jaggaer Tender Reference - ITT_2509 - Children and Young People Advisory Board

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

elle.roberts@education.gov.uk