Planning

National Centre for Family Hubs and Integrated Family Services

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Planning

13 Feb 2025 at 14:19

Market Engagement Notice
Planning

13 Feb 2025 at 14:03

Market Engagement Notice
Planning

27 Jan 2025 at 15:59

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education (DfE) is in the planning stage of a procurement process for the National Centre for Family Hubs and Integrated Family Services, with a focus on education and training services. This initiative targets the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and the rest of the world. A market consultation event is scheduled online for 10th February 2025 at 10am. Key dates include the engagement end date on 10th February 2025. The consultation process allows potential suppliers to engage early with the DfE, aiming to gather insights from the market and explore potential delivery models and associated benefits.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses, particularly SMEs and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) in the education and family services sectors. The successful supplier will play a critical role in championing family hubs, offering tailored regional support, and disseminating best practices. Companies with expertise in family services, integrated delivery models, and stakeholder engagement are well-positioned to compete. Participation in the tender can enhance business growth by aligning with a high-profile government initiative, providing a platform to showcase innovative solutions that support disadvantaged and vulnerable families.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

National Centre for Family Hubs and Integrated Family Services

Notice Description

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market of a potential upcoming procurement activity to initiate market consultation; it is not a call for tenders. The PIN is intended to: 1. Raise awareness with the market of a potential future procurement process, and to enable time for organisations to begin early discussions with the Department for Education (the department) and each other as to how they may be able to deliver any future contract. 2. Inform the market that the department will be undertaking market consultation activity, to gather information about the supply market; to explore potential delivery models and associated benefits of those models; and to inform its understanding of the risks and issues relevant to managing transition to, and mobilisation of, any new service arrangements. This will consist of an online event which will take place on 10th February 2025 at 10am This PIN, and online event, relate to potential procurement activity for the Department for Education's Family Hubs programme. Family Hubs do great work helping families access vital services to improve the health, education and wellbeing of babies, children, young people and their families. 75 of the most deprived Local Authorities (LAs) have received around PS300 million from DfE and DHSC between 2022 and 2025 to set up family hubs with integrated Start for Life services (parenting, perinatal mental health, infant feeding). There are now more than 400 family hubs open across the 75 LAs. A further PS126 million is available for 2025-26, with around PS57 million available to provide a raft of support through Start for Life services to families on top of the PS69 million announced in the budget for a network of family hubs. Throughout the 2022-25 programme, DfE funded the setup of a National Centre for Family Hubs to provide expert advice and guidance to all local authorities, local commissioners, academies/schools and third sector bodies with regards to transforming to family hubs. We are looking to extend the work of the National Centre for Family Hubs to continue to support local authorities in the implementation of the Family Hubs programme in 2025-26. The role of the National Centre is pivotal in supporting LAs with the successful delivery of the programme, providing additional resource and expertise outside of the Department to provide tailored advice and guidance and create a community of sharing best practice across LAs. The supplier will need to: - Champion the adoption of family hubs with stakeholders and local areas/organisations - Provide tailored regional support and thought leadership on family hub design and implementation, with a focus on DfE/DHSC funded areas. - Developing and disseminating evidence and good practice on family hubs and other models of integrated services for disadvantaged and vulnerable families, to support the effective transformation of local family services. Additional information: Potential providers that are interested in attending must register their interest via the Microsoft teams link below: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/303a4302-e670-4e4e-8a6d-991f50b94501@fad277c9-c60a-4da1-b5f3-b3b8b34a82f9 Attendance will be limited to two attendees per organisation, when requesting an invite please provide the email address of the one/two attendees from your organisation that will attend the online event. More information: This notice is for information only and is intended to be indicative. Therefore, all information presented here is subject to change. Accordingly, DfE will not be liable for any cost, expenditure, work, or effort incurred by any party acting on the basis of this PIN. All future information will be issued to potential providers via the DfE e-Tendering Portal. Providers can access this system at: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-45396897-7efd-4fb1-aadf-f513d6056b79
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a52e3aba-4fae-45d7-ba42-f8a158fed20a
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Feb 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
10 Feb 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M1 2WD
Post Town
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD33 Manchester
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Manchester
Electoral Ward
Piccadilly
Westminster Constituency
Manchester Central

Further Information

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