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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Department for Education

Delivery Partner Regional Care Co-operatives Pathfinders and National Support in Commissioning, Forecasting and Market Shaping

Business ServicesCPV 79000000
Value£1.7m
Awarded20 Nov 2023
Published17 May 2024
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£1.7mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.8m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

In February 2023, the Department for Education published its implementation strategy and consultation on children's social care reform, Stable Homes, Built on Love.

As part of this, the Department has committed to working with local authorities and key partners to co-design and deliver two pathfinder Regional Care Cooperatives (RCCs) to test a new approach to planning, commissioning and delivering care placements for looked after children, with a view to rolling out after evaluating the best approach with the sector.

The co-design process with local partners will shape the exact model and approach taken in each pathfinder area.

The department also committed to commission an external organisation to deliver national support with forecasting, procurement and market shaping to local authorities.

Mutual Ventures have been awarded the contract as Delivery Partner for the two Regional Care Cooperatives.

They will also deliver national support on forecasting, commissioning and market shaping.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The department also committed to commission

The department also committed to commission an external organisation to deliver national support with forecasting, procurement and market shaping to local authorities.

02

They will also deliver national support on

They will also deliver national support on forecasting, commissioning and market shaping.

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OCID
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Stage
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