Notice Information
Notice Title
Children's Social Care Advisers and Children's Services Commissioners
Notice Description
See 'Attachments' for a Word description. 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. This is done in part through drawing down external expertise, from various sectors, to support local authorities in these circumstances. Children's Services Commissioners Individual appointed by the Secretary of State for Education to direct improvement arrangements where local authority children's services are inadequate. Individuals may also produce assessments of whether those services should be removed from local authority control, and, where this is the case, oversee the transfer of those services to a children's services trust. Children's Social Care Advisers Individual, partnership or small team who will work with local authorities in improving children's services where local arrangements for delivering those services are inadequate. Work may include: producing diagnostic reports; developing robust quality assurance mechanisms; building social care capacity; analysing a range of quantitative and qualitative data to assess improvement capability and progress; challenging senior leadership to make the changes necessary to secure improvement. Additional information: See 'Attachments' for a Word description. Registering on Redimo2 and the DPS To be sourced and invited to respond to opportunities for Children's Social Care Advisers and Children's Services Commissioners published via the 'Education and children's Social Care' Dynamic Purchasing System (ECSC DPS) you will need to be an approved member of the ECSC DPS prior to the tender being issued, please be aware access to issued tenders cannot normally be granted retrospectively As the nature of these opportunities means they are often published with limited notice we recommend that you complete the steps to become an approved member of the ECSC DPS now in readiness to access any opportunities that may be of interest. There is no guarantee that you will be able to complete the whole registration process in time to bid once an opportunity is live so we strongly recommend that you register in advance but only if you are interested and have the necessary skills to do the intervention work. Please follow the guidance carefully and ensure you have received notification of your organisations 'registered' status with the Department for Education before applying to join the ECSC DPS, additionally you should allow at least 6 full working days for your application to join the ECSC DPS to be processed. It is also crucial that you select the appropriate ECSC DPS skill set categories within your account profile that identify the services you can deliver as opportunities are only issued to approved ECSC DPS members which have selected the skill set categories that match those of the requirement. Children's Social Care Advisers ECSC 16 and Children's Services Commissioners ECSC 17. Please pay careful attention to the guidance available on the link provided as these which will guide you through both the DFE registration and ECSC DPS application process.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-49628220-7521-46b7-95ab-b700e76fa885
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/40fe14a8-ae8c-4f44-b04f-bc99083f0ce2
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Not specified
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Jul 20178 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 23 Feb 2018Expired
- 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
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/40fe14a8-ae8c-4f44-b04f-bc99083f0ce2
12th July 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/2aeabf48-64fb-4302-951d-4ed539100ca0
Word description of the advert -
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/procurement
Registering for opportunities
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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