Notice Information
Notice Title
North West Strategic Improvement Advisor (SIA) Project_7977
Notice Description
The Strategic Improvement Advisor (SIA) in the North West region pilot was announced through the Departments strategy; Stable Homes, Built on Love, and aims to drive improvements in children's services in the region. The Departments Improvement and Interventions programme in Children's Social Care (CSC) uses expert advisers and commissioners (typically from within the children's social care sector) to work with those authorities judged inadequate by Ofsted and, in certain instances, those judged as 'RI', as set out in Putting Children First (2016). The Independent Review of Children's Social Care (Care Review) emphasised the important role that commissioners and advisors play in providing challenge, scrutiny, and leadership to support improvement in Local Authorities CSC. To capitalise on their expertise, the review recommended that DfE bring in-house our existing improvement Commissioners, creating nine Regional Commissioner roles. DfE wants to test a variation of the proposed Regional Commissioner model, by introducing a senior Children's Social Care expert to provide dedicated improvement support and guidance to a single region, with the aim of improving regional performance. The SIA will work in collaboration with regional stakeholders, the DfE and cross-governmental colleagues to deliver on regional improvement. RESPONSIBILITIES: The Strategic Improvement Advisor's primary role will be two-fold. 1. Act as a unifying figure in the region; promoting joined-up working between key partners in the North West, across health, police, education and other key sectors. They will facilitate new relationships between these strategic partners and work towards a shared set of goals, that ultimately help the region to improve its ambitions. 2. Responsible for developing and co-ordinating the delivery of a region-wide improvement plan that highlights the key ambitions for children in the region and the key outcomes and actions that the region will work towards. The Requirements that are the subject of this procurement are captured by PCR 2015 Chapter 3, Section 7 (Social and Other Specific Services); the so called "Light Touch Regime". The Department is committed to engaging and working with Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's). A pro-active approach is being taken in stipulating that this procurement is open to SME's and individuals only. To register your interest to tender and view the tender documents, you will need to be registered as a supplier on the DfE Jaggaer eTendering portal, available at https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Once registered the information will be accessible via the View Opportunities link on the Homepage. Select the Opportunity Notice for North West Strategic Improvement Advisor (ITT_2252) and this will take you directly to the live tender. The closing date for submitting your tender is 12:00 GMT on 6th June 2023. Additional information: Please register with and use the Jaggaer e-procurement system to submit your bids and ask any questions you may have about the requirements and tendering procedure at this time.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fb7380fc-25d5-465d-bcda-58ac9cc92988
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9e930513-1bee-47da-adb9-1d8eb85679f7
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
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
- 16 May 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Jun 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 27 Apr 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Jul 2023 - 30 Jan 2025 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- 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
- TLD North West (England)
-
- 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/9e930513-1bee-47da-adb9-1d8eb85679f7
16th May 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/49ffae0f-a2df-4472-abf4-345f15962032
24th April 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/60f396f5-d9b7-41e8-90b1-0ec9b8662d3e
12th April 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4ea5cc45-9a98-4523-86f8-331187070f5e
28th March 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/33fe5ef3-b388-4489-807b-cf87f19cc998
28th March 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0b65f74d-1910-4e25-90ff-b1717de72c22
28th March 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3321977e-a93f-4d97-bda0-ffb567ca8ba6
27th March 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
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