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title: "Facilitator for people with lived experience of care - Engaging the un-engaged"
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# Facilitator for people with lived experience of care - Engaging the un-engaged

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5f356446-2e31-4ee4-8e57-1ef86b9fdbef

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## Summary

The Department for Education has awarded a contract for a procurement titled "Facilitator for people with lived experience of care - Engaging the un-engaged". This procurement falls under the Health and social work services industry category. The procurement method used was Competitive quotation (below threshold) and the contract value is GBP 24,975. The tender period ended on 1st February 2023, and the contract duration is set from 1st May 2023 to 30th April 2024. The buying organisation Department for Education is based in London, England.

This tender opportunity for a facilitator in the children's social care sector is suited for businesses with expertise in health and social work services, particularly those experienced in engaging with vulnerable individuals. As an essential role in implementing new social care reforms, businesses with a focus on inclusivity and engagement with communities would find this opportunity well-aligned with their services. Small and medium enterprises as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises are encouraged to engage in this procurement process.

## Notice

On the week of 23rd May, the previous Minister for Children and Families announced the actions we are taking now to improve children's social care, including the publication of an implementation strategy, as well as: Working with local authorities to boost efforts to recruit more foster carers, ensuring children have access to the right placements at the right time; Refocussing the support for social workers in the early part of their careers, particularly to enhance their skills and knowledge in child protection; Joining up data from across the public sector to increase transparency - both between safeguarding partners and to the wider public; Develop a National Children's Social Care Framework, which will set direction for the system and point everyone to the best available evidence. The recommendations in these reports are ambitious, complex and wide-ranging, and we must consider them carefully. The Department has committed to engaging with those with lived experience of care as well as the sector to inform our work on implementation and ensure our reforms truly deliver for our vulnerable children and their families. The Department has run a separate exercise with key children's charities to co-create with the department sessions to engage with those with lived experience of the care system. Alongside, we keen to appoint an organisation to work with us specifically on reaching those groups who are harder to engage and who may not be easily be covered by our wider engagement work. We are looking for a bidder who understands and has previous experience of the workings of children's social care and in particular of those with lived experience of the care system. This post is an essential role in implementing the new children's social care reforms. The post holder will facilitate and run, virtually or face to face, effective, inclusive sessions and engagement with people with lived experience of the care system, to support them to feed in views and influence implementation of reforms. Each session will have a specific focus on various aspects of the reform implementation- to be confirmed in partnership with the DfE. The initial contract duration is 12 months to align with the proposed consultation periods.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0043aedb-5278-4271-9147-bf1d8405ecaa |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Competitive quotation (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Feb 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Feb 2023 |
| Contract period | 30 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £24,975 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £24,975 |
| 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CORAM VOICE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 21 Dec 2023 at 09:23 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0043aedb-5278-4271-9147-bf1d8405ecaa
- 23 May 2023 at 09:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0043aedb-5278-4271-9147-bf1d8405ecaa

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0043aedb-5278-4271-9147-bf1d8405ecaa
  21st December 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3982a6d6-59a5-4bb5-af9c-74d5d4680d4f
  Redacted Contract
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6e3dcc9d-ceb2-4615-bee9-978991962075
  n/a

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