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title: "Looked after children's mental health assessment pilots"
ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-89b3e5be-567a-4c0a-95af-bf96c39b5e3c"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION"
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# Looked after children's mental health assessment pilots

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-89b3e5be-567a-4c0a-95af-bf96c39b5e3c

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## Summary

The Department For Education is currently planning a procurement process titled "Looked after children's mental health assessment pilots", which aims to support mental health services for children in care. This initiative falls under the health and social work services category and involves identifying pilot sites and developing a funding distribution mechanism. The engagement phase will conclude on 23 February 2018, following a pre-market stakeholder engagement event held on 7 December 2017 in London. Interested parties can find further details in the associated market engagement notice.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for organisations specialising in mental health services, social work, or related fields to expand their portfolio. The procurement process is likely to attract businesses that can demonstrate expertise in project implementation and evaluation, particularly those capable of managing grant funding and ensuring effective service delivery across multiple sites. Companies well-versed in child welfare and healthcare provision are ideally positioned to compete for this contract.

## Notice

See 'Attachments' for full description. Delivery partner required to: * identify (between 6 and 10) pilot sites; * develop mechanism to allocate and distribute implementation grant funding * support implementation that ensure pilots that meet project aims and deliver specified outputs; and * assist the evaluation delivery partner to ensure robust evaluation of the pilots. Additional information: Pre-market stakeholder engagement event was held on Thursday 7 December, 10am to 12pm. Slides from the event will be shared in due course.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b656051a-09d6-488f-b509-ecebf613626f |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Dec 2017 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 23 Feb 2018 |
| 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 | 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 13 Dec 2017 at 10:37 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b656051a-09d6-488f-b509-ecebf613626f
- 14 Nov 2017 at 15:50 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b656051a-09d6-488f-b509-ecebf613626f

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b656051a-09d6-488f-b509-ecebf613626f
  13th December 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/066628e8-d70e-466a-93f7-b2562341e5ce
  Description and additional information
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/24ea28dc-9744-4382-823f-2611aba59cbf
  Description and additional information revised 13.12.2017

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