D3 Tenders | Adoption and Fostering Digital/Technical Discovery

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Notice Title

Adoption and Fostering Digital/Technical Discovery - Market Engagement Event

Notice Description

Fostering Better Outcomes featured two independent reviews into fostering, and in response, DfE committed to a digital discovery to identify how technology could be used to meet the challenges identified in foster care, specifically around sufficiency planning and recruitment of foster parents, support for foster parents and vacancy management. The digital discovery began in October 2018 and ran for 8 weeks. It focused on the end users of fostering and adoption services and included conducting user research through 65 in-depth contextual interviews with foster parents, adopters and social workers. It qualitatively investigated the way information about the child and foster parent flowed within and between services. It also explored how information flowed in adoption to understand the overlaps between the two sectors, building upon the findings of the previous discovery undertaken on the adoption register (in 2017). A more detailed technical discovery took place to test the hypotheses from the first discovery and to conduct a feasibility assessment of approaches for a shared information infrastructure across children's services. The technical discovery began in January 2019 and ran for 12 weeks. DfE would now like to engage with the market for the purpose of understanding the current capability and capacity via an initial market engagement event. This forms part of an informal technical consultation which may lead to a future procurement exercise. The event will comprise of an overview presentation and interactive breakout sessions to better understand the views of the market. Organisations will be able to discuss and share their experiences of current technology including challenges and limitations that they face to help DfE to understand the capability of software providers to integrate existing and new products, gain an understanding of specific technical requirements and help define our approach for delivery of a future solution. This event is aimed at software providers who can provide technical solutions within the Adoption and Fostering sector. Attendance should be from persons with sufficient technical knowledge to participate fully in the discussions. During the event we will also be looking to identify and agree membership of a subsequent working group to work collaboratively with DfE over the next 3 - 6 months to help inform, develop and test possible solutions. This work will help inform any subsequent procurement strategy. The event will take place on Tuesday 2 July 2019, from 9:30am to 12:30pm at DfE, 2 St Paul's Place, 125 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2FJ. Please register your interest in attending this event by emailing anna.bourne@education.gov.uk. Attendance is limited to 2 representatives per organisation. Please ensure that the attendees have requisite technical expertise to fully represent your organisation in the breakout sessions and conversation. All interest needs to be registered no later than 5pm Tuesday 25 June.

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Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-9161668c-8511-45b4-b5b5-353262748e5d
Publication Source: Contracts Finder
Latest Notice: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44e6f40f-c882-4c3a-8313-4df12d72f00a
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: 48 - Software package and information systems
CPV Codes: 48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date: 6 Jun 20196 years ago
Submission Deadline: Not specified
Future Notice Date: 26 Jun 2019Expired
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

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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: SHEFFIELD
Postcode: S1 2FJ
Post Town: Sheffield
Country: England
Major Region (ITL 1): TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2): TLE3 South Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3): TLE32 Sheffield
Delivery Location: TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Local Authority: Sheffield
Electoral Ward: City
Westminster Constituency: Sheffield Central

Further Information

Notice Documents

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44e6f40f-c882-4c3a-8313-4df12d72f00a
6th June 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3a9a728c-4a37-435f-a6da-e38993586212
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Notice URLs

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

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