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Family Finding Programme Rollout

Department for Education

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

09 Sep 2026 at 14:06

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
TenderUpdate

14 Jul 2026 at 15:30

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

14 Jul 2026 at 15:07

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

04 Jun 2026 at 13:40

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

04 Jun 2026 at 13:38

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education is procuring a nationwide Family Finding Programme Rollout, a children and young people’s welfare service. The appointed provider will deliver and embed an evidence-based Family Finding model in eligible local authorities. The scope covers programme leadership, training, technical support and quality assurance, with the aim of enabling local authorities to adopt and sustain the programme. Delivery is planned across England, including London, the South East, South West, West Midlands, East Midlands, the East of England, the North West and the North East. This is a central government requirement for a provider able to work across multiple local authority areas and support consistent implementation of a specialist practice model. The procurement is classified under CPV 85311300, welfare services for children and young people.

The procurement has reached the award stage and the tender is marked complete. It used an accelerated open procedure under the light-touch regime. FRG Limited, operating as Family Rights Group, was selected for the single lot, with an award dated 3 September 2026 and a value of £5,218,307 excluding VAT (£6,261,968.40 including VAT). The award contract period is from 5 October 2026 to 31 March 2028, with an optional 12-month extension taking the maximum end date to 31 March 2029. The original tender value was £7,000,000 excluding VAT (£8,400,000 including VAT). Bids were assessed using technical questions and price per quality point: total price divided by quality score. A standstill period ends on 21 September 2026, with contract signature scheduled by 28 September 2026.

This award demonstrates demand for organisations that can scale a specialist children’s welfare model across a wide local authority footprint while maintaining consistent quality. Credible future competitors would need a demonstrable evidence-based Family Finding approach, experience of working with local authorities and the ability to lead implementation rather than provide isolated training. Relevant capability includes designing and delivering training, providing ongoing technical support, embedding practice sustainably and operating effective quality assurance arrangements. Suppliers would also need sufficient capacity to coordinate delivery across multiple English regions and to work with varied local authority teams. The opportunity was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises, so specialist mission-led providers may be well placed where they can evidence national or multi-area delivery, robust governance and measurable service quality.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Family Finding Programme Rollout

Notice Description

The Department seeks to procure a provider to deliver and embed an evidence-based Family Finding model in eligible LAs . The provider will provide leadership, training, technical support, and quality assurance to enable local authorities to embed the Family Finding programme sustainably.

Planning Information

The Market engagement event will be held over Teams and is scheduled to take place on Thurday 11th June 2026 at 10:30am - 11am. If you would like to secure a spot at the event, please email family.finding@education.gov.uk no later than 5pm Wednesday 10th June 2026. When signing up, please confirm the name of your organisation, the names of individuals who will be attending and their job roles.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ad8d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085413-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£7,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£7,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£5,218,307 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Sep 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
4 Aug 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
3 Sep 20261 months ago
Contract Period
5 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
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
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3BT
Postcode Area
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
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

FRG Limited (operating as Family Rights Group)

Further Information

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