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title: "CR: Foster Care: Delivery Partner/Consultant- CFN"
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published: "2023-08-16"
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# CR: Foster Care: Delivery Partner/Consultant- CFN

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-72a6d1f7-8327-423f-9e07-fcfb96a80c24

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## Summary

The Department for Education has awarded a procurement contract for 'CR: Foster Care: Delivery Partner/Consultant- CFN' to Mutual Ventures Limited. The contract is for procurement consultancy services valued at 996,554.97 GBP, using a selective procurement method. The contract period is from 8th August 2023 to 31st March 2025, and the tender period ended on 7th June 2023. The contract covers regions across the United Kingdom, offering growth opportunities for businesses operating in the services industry category.

This tender presents opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to provide challenge, oversight, and support to Local Authorities in foster care recruitment. Businesses must be on Commercial Agreement Lot 7 under RM6187 Management Consultancy Framework Three (MCF3) to bid. The Department for Education in London is the contracting authority overseeing this procurement process, aiming for real, lasting change and policy development through regional working partnerships.

## Notice

We required a delivery partner to work alongside us and the sector to provide challenge, independent oversight and support to LAs in relation to foster care recruitment support hubs, to ensure that this programme results in real, lasting change. The delivery partner would provide oversight of the project and leverage regional working at a senior strategic level to establish regional working patterns. The purpose of a delivery partner is to provide appropriate levels of both challenge and support to LAs to ensure new ways of working are embedded, as well as gathering and sharing insights between groups of LAs on approaches, successes and challenges to bring shared learning to the regions taking part in this programme nationally and inform DfE policy development. We ran this competition using RM6187 Management Consultancy Framework Three (MCF3) Lot 7. This means that only those who were on the Commercial Agreement Lot 7 could submit a bid in response to the published contract notice.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2e9d3ecb-812c-4509-a973-d3f17255608a |
| 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 | 16 Aug 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Aug 2023 |
| Contract period | 7 Aug 2023 - 31 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £996,554 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £996,554 |
| 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 | 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) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MUTUAL VENTURES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

## Release History

- 16 Aug 2023 at 13:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2e9d3ecb-812c-4509-a973-d3f17255608a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2e9d3ecb-812c-4509-a973-d3f17255608a
  16th August 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1936802e-576a-43d0-a205-aad94443b8f2
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9e2e9d25-a2da-4426-beea-c6b9242cb5cd
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a1bc51d9-99b3-4908-bacf-f9b8f6949238
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/36979feb-0684-4f49-a7c2-ece99c8482e8
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8d077205-b219-4ebe-9eb7-35db6b7321ed
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/258f22c1-1421-4e0f-ab0c-29053a1ff708
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f26ef7f9-95b1-43df-9cab-715e6f2c49f7
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6e7506ac-fea9-488e-9197-1fc23efba4f3
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f999db24-3f18-464b-ac71-9f087533e583
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1325ba8d-937c-4336-8901-de9d0514c799
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a4ecf258-137a-48ec-a0c0-efa2fc280d62
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/557eac99-e64a-451b-ae03-3a394bc6d73a
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f50071b2-afff-4ec8-ae0f-4abc58ff733d
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