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title: "Children's Social Care Adviser Doncaster and Slough"
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# Children's Social Care Adviser Doncaster and Slough

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cbc4997b-4af9-4d79-9a9e-a855e0927532

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## Summary

The Department for Education (DfE) has completed the procurement process for the tender titled "Children's Social Care Adviser Doncaster and Slough." This project, within the education and training services industry category, focuses on providing financial and governance support to two local authorities: Slough Children's Services Trust and Doncaster Children's Services Trust. The contract, valued at £49,680, was awarded on 10 March 2017 and will commence on 16 March 2017, concluding on 31 March 2018. The tender was open with a submission deadline on 17 February 2017.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in governance, financial advice, and strategic partnership development, particularly those that are small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs). Companies engaged in services that can assist public sector organisations in improving their corporate governance and financial stability would be especially well-suited to compete for this contract, thereby aiding local authorities in enhancing their social care services.

## Notice

The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for supporting improvement in local authorities, through government intervention in response to failure or weakness in the provision of children's social care services. This is done in part through drawing down external expertise, from various sectors, to support local authorities in these circumstances. DfE wishes to appoint an Adviser (an individual, partnership or small team) to provide financial and governance support to both Slough Children's Services Trust and Doncaster Children's Services Trust. The Trust in Doncaster has been in operation for two years and in Slough for over a year. In both cases recent Ofsted monitoring visits found services to be improving and both Trusts have clear plans in place to continue these improvements. The Adviser will: support both Trusts to develop robust, realistic and achievable plans to continue to improve their corporate governance, financial stability and strategic partnerships; and, provide intelligence on Trust issues that arise as the Trusts move from 'requires improvement' to 'good'. Additional information: Contract value is up to maximum of PS51,840 inc VAT.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f6ad813-6063-4bf9-b9da-4f6ac809bfb5 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Mar 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 17 Feb 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Mar 2017 |
| Contract period | 16 Mar 2017 - 31 Mar 2018 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £51,840 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £49,680 |
| 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 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CIPFA C.CO |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 13 Mar 2017 at 15:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f6ad813-6063-4bf9-b9da-4f6ac809bfb5
- 31 Jan 2017 at 16:03 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/76929b80-5743-4f95-81ae-df719aa7e3f2

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f6ad813-6063-4bf9-b9da-4f6ac809bfb5
  13th March 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/76929b80-5743-4f95-81ae-df719aa7e3f2
  31st January 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e2d88d90-2bed-4b5b-b19f-e742388eeacd
  Request for quotation
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/a4f11cc7-b132-4686-aef3-41bedcc7c817
  Purchase Order

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