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Supply of children's social care - Power BI dashboard development support

Bracknell Forest Borough Council

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15 Oct 2026 at 16:24

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Bracknell Forest Borough Council is buying business intelligence support focused on Power BI dashboards for children’s social care, while also continuing support for adult and children’s reporting. The work covers developing dashboards from Mosaic data; improving the data warehouse to reflect new processes and forms; embedding reports; resolving issues with dashboards delivered in earlier phases; and supporting the council’s performance team to build confidence in SQL, Mosaic data structures and Power BI. Children’s reporting areas include children in need, children looked after, missing children and exploitation, care proceedings, leaving care, step-ups and step-downs, RAS and the Local Authority Designated Officer. The supplier may also provide dashboard or data-mapping resource when internal capacity cannot meet operational deadlines. Delivery is for the council in Bracknell Forest, Berkshire.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Key Intelligence Limited. The council used a direct award below the threshold, without competition. The contract was signed on 30 September 2026 and runs from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027, as a six-month extension intended to maintain continuity of business-critical support. Its value is £49,500 excluding VAT and £59,400 including VAT. The requirement was evaluated through a single-lot process; the published procurement information does not state separate evaluation criteria. The extension continues earlier phases of business intelligence support and dashboard development, with work covering both adults’ and children’s services. The awarded supplier is a small and medium-sized enterprise.

For suppliers preparing for a future requirement from Bracknell Forest Borough Council, this award shows demand for hands-on local-authority business intelligence expertise centred on children’s social care reporting. A credible competitor would need practical Power BI dashboard development capability, confidence working with Mosaic data and data structures, SQL scripting skills, and experience improving data warehouses as processes and forms change. The work also calls for dashboard troubleshooting, data mapping, Cascade script enhancements and the ability to support a council performance team through knowledge transfer and upskilling. Suppliers should be able to deliver a defined set of children’s social care reports and respond to operational deadlines, including by adding resource when internal capacity is constrained. The direct, non-competitive route used for this extension is relevant context for understanding how this council has procured continuity support.

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Notice Title

Supply of children's social care - Power BI dashboard development support

Notice Description

This contract extension is to enable continuity in delivering significant value in terms of essential BI support, for a further 6 months from 1st October 26 to end March 27. This is to enable continuation of providing ongoing, business-critical BI dashboard development support spanning both adults and children's, focusing on the following key areas: * Development of essential new BI dashboards required for Children's Social Care * Continuing to support the BFC performance team in developing their use of Cascade and Power Bi for Children Social care Dashboards from Mosaic data * Further development and continuous improvement of the Data Warehouse to align with the new processes and forms * Support and further embed implementation of reports and dashboards for children's social care * Providing BI input and expertise to support: * Delivery of Final CSC Reporting Dashboards * Troubleshooting and resolution of any outstanding issues with Dashboard delivered in the previous phases * Providing continued support to Performance team with upskilling and improving confidence around: o SQL scripting o Mosaic data structures o Power BI Dashboard development. * Providing enhancements to the Cascade DS and DM scripts if/when current functionality needs to be extended, until such time that the team is confident to develop these themselves * Providing additional Dashboard or data mapping resource to the Performance team if internal capacity to develop is not able to meet operational deadlines for delivery. CSC dashboard development specifically will focus on the following: * Child In Need * Children Looked After * Missing, CSE, CCE * PLO * Leaving Care * Step Ups and Step Downs * RAS * LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer) The proposed contract extension is to further extend and sustain a range of BI benefits and improvements delivered in previous phases including delivering further improvements in terms of efficiency and effectiveness - particularly in relation to reporting and delivery of both adults and children's dashboards. Contract details notice published as the value of the extension means the total value now exceeds PS30,000 inc VAT.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0788e0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097639-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

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
£49,500 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRACKNELL
Postcode
RG12 1JD
Postcode Area
Reading
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ15 Berkshire East
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Bracknell Forest
Electoral Ward
Town Centre & The Parks
Westminster Constituency
Bracknell

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Key Intelligence

Further Information

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