--- title: "(CF) Project: project_7939 - CR: Kinship Carer Training" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-8a716835-0703-4edb-9348-7de521646d2a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8a716835-0703-4edb-9348-7de521646d2a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8a716835-0703-4edb-9348-7de521646d2a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8a716835-0703-4edb-9348-7de521646d2a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2023-05-05" --- # (CF) Project: project_7939 - CR: Kinship Carer Training Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8a716835-0703-4edb-9348-7de521646d2a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8a716835-0703-4edb-9348-7de521646d2a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8a716835-0703-4edb-9348-7de521646d2a.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is looking to procure a package of training, information, support and advice for kinship carers in England under the social work and related services category. This tender, titled "(CF) Project: project_7939 - CR: Kinship Carer Training," is currently in the planning stage. The contract period is scheduled to start on October 1st, 2023, and end on March 31st, 2025. The minimum value for this procurement is £2,000,000, with a total value of £9,000,000. The tender period will end on July 10th, 2023. Bidders have been invited to a Commercial online event on May 15th, 2023, to outline the procurement process using the Light Touch Regime. This tender by the Department for Education offers significant business growth opportunities for organisations providing social work and related services, particularly those involved in community action programmes. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations would be well-suited to participate in this procurement. The aim is to deliver a national training and support offer for all kinship carers by March 2025. Businesses offering workshops, face-to-face training, online information, and support are encouraged to engage in this opportunity. The Department expects the selected provider to deliver training modules covering attachment, trauma-informed practice, managing family dynamics, and pre-kinship care preparation. ## Notice The services relate to the Department's aim to procure a package of training, information, support and advice for kinship carers in England. This is in response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care (Care Review) call on Government to deliver a training and information package of support for kinship carers and their families. Kinship carers are relatives or friends who raise children who cannot safely remain with their parents. Across the UK more than 150,000 children are living with kinship carers - significantly more than are in the care system and many more than are adopted, making kinship care an important element of the children's social care system. These children have often suffered similar adversities to those in the care system. These include parental substance misuse or mental or physical incapacity, domestic violence, imprisonment, teenage parenthood, parental separation or death. Child protection concerns are common. At least 20% of children raised in kinship care are affected by some degree of emotional and behavioural difficulties1. The charity Kinship's 2022 annual survey "The Cost of Loving"2, found that the provision of local authority support and information for kinship carers is inadequate, risking significant costs for children, families, and the state. The survey found that 78% of carers felt they did not receive the support they needed from their local authority in order to meet the needs of their kinship child(ren), an eight-percentage point increase on last year's survey. It also found that less than a third of carers received information about being a kinship carer before or shortly after the child moved in, and only 28% had been signposted to other places they could access support. There is currently no national training and support offer for kinship carers, and what does exist is highly variable across different local authorities. Some organisations within the sector offer support, however none of that support is funded by the government. Some kinship carers attend foster carer training; however, the training isn't tailored to their specific needs (e.g. managing contact with a birth parent is different for a foster carer vs. a kinship carer). Through this procurement we want to deliver on Governments commitment to deliver a training and support offer for all kinship carers by the end of this Spending Review (March 2025). Bidders are invited to a Commercial on line event on Monday 15th May 2023 at 3PM which will outline the process we shall be undertaking for this procurement using the Light Touch Regime. Please contact vicki.gregg@education.gov.uk to register and receive the MS Teams invite. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/750da25b-af9c-4429-bfc0-ebf26086b35a | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - The Services that are the subject of this procurement are captured by PCR 2015, Chapter 3, Section 7 (Social and Other Specific Services), the so-called "Light Touch Regime" | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 May 2023 | | Submission deadline | 10 Jul 2023 | | Future notice date | 22 Mar 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2023 - 31 Mar 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £9,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION | | Locality | NOTTINGHAM | | Post town | Nottingham | | Postcode | NG2 2GD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | | ITL 3 | TLF14 Nottingham | | Local authority | Nottingham | | Electoral ward | Meadows | | Westminster constituency | Nottingham South | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85300000 - Social work and related services - 85322000 - Community action programme ## Release History - 5 May 2023 at 08:31 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/750da25b-af9c-4429-bfc0-ebf26086b35a - 24 Feb 2023 at 13:52 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dc7a7291-d91d-4aef-8e1f-2c89ce267f2b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/750da25b-af9c-4429-bfc0-ebf26086b35a 5th May 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dc7a7291-d91d-4aef-8e1f-2c89ce267f2b 24th February 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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