Award, Contract

Family Group Decision Making - Best Practice Guides

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    11th June 2025 10:12:17 AM

  • Contract Summary

    The services relate to the Department’s aim to procure the development of a package of best practice guidance for local authorities (LAs) to implement their new legal duty to offer family group decision making (FGDM) to all parents (or those with parental responsibility) of children whose cases have reached the pre-proceedings stage, unless the offer is not in the child’s best interest. Although this is being primarily produced to offer guidance to support LAs in relation to the new duty at the time it comes into force, it will also offer general best practice guidance on FGDM that is applicable to meetings that happen at other points in the children’s social care system (e.g. at earlier points in the system, such as during family help, or later, such as reunification). The contract has been awarded to Mutual Ventures Ltd.

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-h6vhtk-04e67c

    Publication Source

    Find a Tender Service

    Procurement Stage

    Award, Contract

    Procurement Method

    Open

    Procurement Method Details

    Open Procedure

    Procurement Category

    Services

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    80000000

    CPV Division(s)

    80 - Education and training services

  • Awarding Authority

    DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

    Buyer Name

    Buyer Email

    lois.crow@education.gov.uk

    Buyer Phone

    Buyer Address

    Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street

    London

    SW1P 3BT

    United Kingdom

  • Awarded Supplier(s)

    Supplier Name(s)

    MUTUAL VENTURES LTD


Tender

Family Group Decision Making - Best Practise Guides

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    21st February 2025 13:13:32 PM

    Tender Deadline

    24th March 2025 12:00:00 PM   Expired

  • Contract Summary

    Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) is an umbrella term to describe a family-led process that allows a family network to come together and make a plan in response to concerns about a child’s safety and wellbeing. FGDM meetings help to ensure a family network is engaged and empowered throughout the decision-making process of a children’s social care journey, and can include identifying practical support for parents, while prioritising the wellbeing of the child. Children’s Social Care is one of the Secretary of State’s priorities and the FGDM policy links in with the Opportunity Mission. Through this procurement, we want to deliver on the government’s commitment to keep families together and children safe, as outlined in Keeping children safe, helping families thrive , published in November 2024. The Department is seeking to procure a package of best practice guidance and resources, which draw on research and case studies, for local authorities and practitioners of FGDM meetings to enable them to conduct these meetings safely and effectively. This will include guidance on safeguarding from harms and how to deliver effective FGDM meetings Further information and the ITT for the procurement opportunity can be found on the Department's e-sourcing portal system: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Only bids submitted on this system in accordance with the terms in the ITT will be accepted. Bids submitted in any other way will not be accepted.

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-h6vhtk-04e67c

    Publication Source

    Find a Tender Service

    Procurement Stage

    Tender

    Procurement Method

    Open

    Procurement Method Details

    Open Procedure

    Procurement Category

    Services

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    85000000

    CPV Division(s)

    85 - Health and social work services

  • Awarding Authority

    DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

    Buyer Name

    Buyer Email

    James.Drew@education.gov.uk

    Buyer Phone

    Buyer Address

    Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street

    London

    SW1P 3BT

    United Kingdom