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DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

Due diligence support in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Business ServicesCPV 79000000
Value£93k
Awarded17 Oct 2017
Published10 Jan 2018
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£93ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for supporting improvement in local authorities, through government intervention in response to failure or weakness in the provision of children's social care services.

DfE wishes to appoint a due diligence supplier to support the set up of the Sandwell Children's Social Care Trust.

The due diligence supplier will report to the DfE contract manager and Commissioner on progress on delivery, which will inform decisions about the nature of the Department's intervention.

The overarching intention is that services for children and young people in Sandwell must be high quality, meet financial objectives and be sustainable.

Creating an independent and professionally led organisation is considered the best way to realise this ambition.

Note: Bidders interested in this requirement should be aware that they must allow at least 6 full working days before the competition closing date of 4pm on 18 October 2017.

This is to complete your registration on the Department for Educations, Dynamic Purchasing System.

Incomplete registrations will not be accepted.

If you also need to register on Redimo you need to allow more than 6 working days.

Bidders who are already fully registered on the Department for Educations Dynamic Purchasing system do not have to re-register.

Bids already submitted can be withdrawn from the competition, or updated as long as this happened before the deadline.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible

The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for supporting improvement in local authorities, through government intervention in response to failure or weakness in the provision of children's social care services.

02

DfE wishes to appoint a due diligence

DfE wishes to appoint a due diligence supplier to support the set up of the Sandwell Children's Social Care Trust.

03

The overarching intention is that services

The overarching intention is that services for children and young people in Sandwell must be high quality, meet financial objectives and be sustainable.

04

Note: Bidders interested in this requirement should

Note: Bidders interested in this requirement should be aware that they must allow at least 6 full working days before the competition closing date of 4pm on 18 October 2017.

05

If you also need to register on

If you also need to register on Redimo you need to allow more than 6 working days.

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Source & provenance
OCID
073f1164-5e1c-4224-a65e-0a1455e1fa68
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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