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title: "Improvement Adviser in Blackpool"
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# Improvement Adviser in Blackpool

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-276bf59e-632e-427d-8618-ce831c8e4771

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## Summary

The contract titled "Improvement Adviser in Blackpool" has been awarded by the Department for Education. This procurement falls under the industry category of Health and social work services and is located in the North West of the United Kingdom. The award was granted on 26th October 2020, with the contract period extending until 25th June 2022. The procurement was conducted through a selective method as a call-off from a dynamic purchasing system.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), to engage in significant improvement measures within children's social care services. Businesses with expertise in social care oversight, quality improvement, and managerial support are particularly well-suited to compete for similar contracts in the future, as they can offer valuable insights and practical solutions to enhance the effectiveness of local authority services.

## Notice

The Adviser will support the authority in continuing to develop and implement robust, realistic and achievable plans to improve its children's social care services, in particular those areas which have been judged by Ofsted to be inadequate or where serious concerns have been identified. This needs to take account of and build on the year and a half of improvement work that Blackpool has already undertaken. In particular he will: Provide effective oversight to ensure the pace of improvement is appropriate and that improvements to children's social care are sustainable; Provide support and advice as necessary when assessing and driving progress, taking account of the weaknesses identified by Ofsted and of other diagnostic work that has taken place since; Building on the improvement work already underway and the relationships established, apply his/her expertise and experience to support the DCS and service management team in addressing areas of weakness; this may also include working with practitioners of different levels to: Develop competence and improve performance through the embedding of the Blackpool Families Rock practice model and improving quality of case recording; Supporting managers in their use of data and intelligence to drive activity and improve management oversight; Supporting the development of the managerial group; Provide input into the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme, looking at the quality of teaching; Supporting improvement in practice during pre-proceedings activity to reduce drift and delay; and Help foster a culture of reflection, challenge and support; Make use of wider contacts to support and advise the council on potential solutions to issues and signpost examples of good practice where possible; Provide support and challenge to Children's Partnership Board and Pan-Lancashire Safeguarding arrangements; assisting in the determination of their effectiveness; Work closely with any other local authority improvement partners to maximise impact of work and avoid unnecessary duplication; Engage with the wider partnership including working with the chair of the Improvement Board.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44fa3162-97d0-425e-ba1a-ce62e5adda3b |
| Notice type | Award 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Nov 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Jun 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Oct 2020 |
| Contract period | 26 Oct 2020 - 25 Jun 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £36,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £36,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3BT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ALASTAIR GIBBONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 27 Nov 2020 at 12:10 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44fa3162-97d0-425e-ba1a-ce62e5adda3b

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44fa3162-97d0-425e-ba1a-ce62e5adda3b
  27th November 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5edf3cd7-a8df-49f5-b938-67a5fa101135
  Blackpool contract order form REDACTED

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