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title: "National Multi-Agency Safeguarding Facilitator"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION"
published: "2025-02-17"
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# National Multi-Agency Safeguarding Facilitator

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-60d3de40-916d-41e1-9b5a-16dccaa6d542

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## Summary

The Department for Education has initiated the planning stage for a procurement process titled "National Multi-Agency Safeguarding Facilitator." This tender falls under the Education and training services category (CPV scheme) and aims to engage market discussion for a dedicated Facilitator role to support multi-agency safeguarding partnerships. Key dates include a market engagement session on 27th February 2025 at 2pm, with the engagement period ending on 28th February 2025. This procurement targets various regions across the United Kingdom, including London, North East, North West, and others. Interested parties are encouraged to contact James Drew for more information and to participate in the market engagement session.

This tender provides an excellent opportunity for businesses experienced in local government and multi-agency safeguarding for children to grow their portfolio by supporting significant governmental reforms. Especially well-suited for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs), the role expects engagement at both local and national levels, ensuring comprehensive involvement in implementing safeguarding strategies. The tentative contract is planned for a maximum of ten days of work per month, lasting approximately one year, with potential for extension based on performance and requirements. Your insights during the engagement session will be critical in shaping the final procurement approach.

## Notice

The Department for Education is seeking to engage the market to discuss a dedicated Facilitator role to support multi-agency safeguarding partnerships to implement government reforms to child protection and safeguarding. This role will play a key part in supporting the Department in delivering reforms through engagement at local and national level by working with the other Facilitators and local areas to provide support. This also includes engaging with and supporting the Families First Partnership (FFP) programme to implement reforms to Family Help, multi-agency child protection, family networks and multi-agency safeguarding arrangements nationally. We are looking for an individual who understands and has experience of working in local government at a senior level, in particular multi-agency safeguarding for children and local safeguarding partnerships. We expect the work to be a maximum of 10 days per month. A market engagement session will take place on the 27th February at 2pm. Please contact James Drew at james.drew@education.gov.uk if interested. Please note we do not currently know the route to market we will choose. We will use feedback from the session to help inform our position on this. We expect the contract to be around one year in length, with potential extension options.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ac92b38d-69ee-46e8-9b71-c2e934df613f |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Feb 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 28 Feb 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| 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 | Planning |
| 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 | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 17 Feb 2025 at 15:48 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ac92b38d-69ee-46e8-9b71-c2e934df613f

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ac92b38d-69ee-46e8-9b71-c2e934df613f
  17th February 2025 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder

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