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title: "Northamptonshire Children's Trust - Valuing Care Children Services Project"
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# Northamptonshire Children's Trust - Valuing Care Children Services Project

Buyer: NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4618800f-a6f3-4ac1-9d70-82410514fde8

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## Summary

The Northamptonshire Children's Trust has awarded a contract worth £750,000 to Impower Consultancy Ltd for the Valuing Care Children Services Project. The project aims to embed the Valuing Care approach within practice and commissioning to support children and young people in suitable homes. The procurement method used was selective, with a call-off from a framework agreement. The contract period is from March 1, 2024, to February 28, 2025, and the tender period ended on February 28, 2024, in the East Midlands region, United Kingdom.

This procurement presents an opportunity for companies specialising in research and development consultancy services to engage with North Northamptonshire Council. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that can provide critical support to embed the Valuing Care approach within children's services are well-suited to compete for this contract. The project focuses on strengthening sufficiency within foster care and matching care and support to the needs of children and young people, signalling a demand for innovative and dedicated service providers to contribute to the trust's objectives.

## Notice

Deliver activity and principles for continued support, with a particular focus on sustainability and embedding the Valuing Care approach within practice, process and commissioning. Provide support to realise the full benefits of the Valuing Care approach and to embed this systemically through children's services. Critically support to help establish the conditions and foundations for the trusts to sustain the approaches delivered without external support. To support the Trust to: * Embed Valuing Care in practice, process and commissioning, ensuring that care and support matches the need of children and young people and that they are supported to live in suitable homes. * Embed processes to enable systemic identification of children and young people who can benefit from targeted intervention, on an ongoing basis. * Establish a process for collating Valuing Care data at a system level to inform and strengthen strategic decision making on commissioning and sufficiency * Strengthen sufficiency within foster care to enable opportunities for step down from residential care (currently 18 children and young people in residential care have been identified as would benefit from family homes, but no fostering placements immediately available).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/551703de-9c4d-429d-baee-94b8cf6b5f2b |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Feb 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Feb 2024 |
| Contract period | 1 Mar 2024 - 28 Feb 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £750,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £750,000 |
| 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 | NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | CORBY |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode | NN16 8TL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF25 North Northamptonshire |
| Local authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Electoral ward | Northall |
| Westminster constituency | Kettering |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IMPOWER CONSULTANCY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

## Release History

- 29 Feb 2024 at 16:53 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/551703de-9c4d-429d-baee-94b8cf6b5f2b

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/551703de-9c4d-429d-baee-94b8cf6b5f2b
  29th February 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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