---
title: "Sector awareness and provider preparedness project"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0384d8"
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buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION"
published: "2024-04-30"
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# Sector awareness and provider preparedness project

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0384d8

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## Summary

The Department for Education is conducting a tender for the "Sector awareness and provider preparedness project" in the Health and Social Work Services sector. The project aims to ensure high-quality supported accommodation for young people by preparing providers for standards and regulations. The key dates include an amendment extending the end date to 30th September 2024.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses in the services industry focused on health and social work services. Suppliers can compete in the open procurement process and contribute to enhancing the quality of supported accommodation for young people. Businesses well-suited to bid are those capable of providing services that support sector awareness and provider preparedness in compliance with national standards and regulations.

## Notice

The overall aim of this project is to support the successful implementation of this reform programme by ensuring supported accommodation for young people is consistently high quality, through readying providers for the standards and regulation.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Services to support sector awareness and provider preparedness to aid the implementation of national standards and Ofsted regulation for providers offering supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 & 17. The overall aim of this project is to support the successful implementation of this reform programme by ensuring supported accommodation for young people is consistently high quality, through readying providers for the standards and regulation.

Renewal: The contract is to be for a period of 14 months with the option to extend by one (1) year. The optional extension period is not guaranteed and will be at the absolute discretion of The Department. Any extension will be subject to the Departments approval process, availability of budget and current performance of the supplier.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013880-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Dec 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Feb 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £950,000 |
| Lots value | £950,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £751,300 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BUREAU |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 30 Apr 2024 at 11:42 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013880-2024
- 12 Feb 2024 at 12:13 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004599-2024
- 12 Feb 2024 at 12:11 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004598-2024
- 27 Feb 2023 at 12:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005673-2023
- 16 Nov 2022 at 10:18 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032467-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://education.app.jaggaer.com
- https://education.app.jaggaer.com/
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

## Provenance

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