--- title: "Children's Social Care Improvement Adviser Preferred Supplier List" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-202fe9d6-1171-46fa-971c-260b5d7834df" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-202fe9d6-1171-46fa-971c-260b5d7834df" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-202fe9d6-1171-46fa-971c-260b5d7834df.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-202fe9d6-1171-46fa-971c-260b5d7834df.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2022-08-02" --- # Children's Social Care Improvement Adviser Preferred Supplier List Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-202fe9d6-1171-46fa-971c-260b5d7834df [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-202fe9d6-1171-46fa-971c-260b5d7834df) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-202fe9d6-1171-46fa-971c-260b5d7834df.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is currently seeking suppliers for the "Children's Social Care Improvement Adviser Preferred Supplier List," aimed at enhancing local authorities' performance in delivering children's social care services. This procurement, classified under health and social work services, is at the tender stage, with the application deadline set for 12 noon on 5th September 2022. The contract period will commence on 5th September 2022 and run until 31st March 2025, with the possibility of a 12-month extension. Interested suppliers must register on the ECSC Dynamic Purchasing System Lot 17 to apply. This tender presents significant business opportunities for firms specialising in children's social care, consultancy, and local authority support services. Businesses that are experienced in implementing improvement strategies or providing expert advisory services in social care would be particularly well-suited to compete. Furthermore, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to participate, making this an inclusive opportunity for various types of suppliers to engage in public sector improvement initiatives. ## Notice The Department is responsible for supporting improvement in local authorities, through government intervention in response to failure or weakness in the provision of children's social care services. This is done in part through drawing down external expertise, from various sectors, to support local authorities in these circumstances. Intervention and improvement advisers are contracted by the Department to work with local authorities that fail to provide adequate services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after, or care leavers, or, for local authorities with identified areas of priority action Advisors provide CSC expertise to diagnose problems, support councils to produce effective improvement plans, monitor improvement progress and provide reports to Ministers. The Department wishes to establish a pool of advisers that we can quickly deploy to work directly with local authorities. This preferred supplier list (PSL) will run until the end of March 2023 and the Department reserves the right to extend it for a maximum of 12 months thereafter. As a minimum, the adviser will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement and ensure independent oversight of the authority's progress in line with improvement plans. In doing so, the Adviser is expected to: supervise the programme of change that the authority has embarked on; drive forward the improvements and implement close monitoring arrangements; build on the work that has already taken place and take action to address delays or poor planning. The successful bidder will bring their extensive and proven skills in children's social care improvement to support the delivery of a programme of change to services for the most vulnerable children in the authority. ALL SUPPLIERS MUST BE REGISTERED ON THE ECSC DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEM LOT 17- CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE INTERVENTION ADVISORY SERVICES TO APPLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY To apply, register on Jaggaer at https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.htm and sign up to the Dynamic Purchasing System. Attached to this notice is guidance on the registration process. When registered, navigate to ITT_1590 to apply for the Preferred Supplier List opportunity. The closing date for this tender opportunity is 12 noon on the 5th of September ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/773e926e-753c-45e4-8910-6201f6e13b2b | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Dynamic | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Aug 2022 | | Submission deadline | 2 Sep 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 4 Sep 2022 - 31 Mar 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION | | Locality | MANCHESTER | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M1 2WD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester | | Local authority | Manchester | | Electoral ward | Piccadilly | | Westminster constituency | Manchester Central | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 2 Aug 2022 at 09:46 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/773e926e-753c-45e4-8910-6201f6e13b2b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/773e926e-753c-45e4-8910-6201f6e13b2b 2nd August 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ea899890-e079-4663-9185-8347cdc03ee3 n/a - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5c15b31a-4af4-4b27-89ad-7c714fa99928 n/a ## Notice URLs - https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.htm ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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