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title: "National Kinship Data Care Set"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03d5b5"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION"
published: "2023-06-13"
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# National Kinship Data Care Set

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03d5b5

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## Summary

The Department for Education is planning a procurement process for the production of a new one-off, national kinship care data set. The procurement will focus on collecting data from local authorities across the country regarding the kinship carer cohort, including details such as the size of the cohort, characteristics of children and carers. The tender, titled "National Kinship Data Care Set," falls under the services category with an estimated value of £600,000. A Market Engagement session is scheduled for 28th June 2023.

This tender provides an opportunity for businesses in the content or data standardization and classification services industry to compete. Companies with experience in handling data analysis and reporting at local, regional, and national levels would be suited for this tender. Interested parties can contact Emilie Wilkinson at the Department for Education for more information. The planned procurement stage offers potential growth prospects for businesses seeking to engage in providing kinship care data solutions.

## Notice

We are looking to produce a new one off, national kinship care data set, derived from all local authorities across the country. Local authorities should already hold the data we are wanting to collect, however in rare cases some of the data will have to be first collected at local level.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Independent Review of Children's Social Care suggested improving consistency of kinship care data and concluded that the current data landscape hindered policymaking and provided only a partial understanding of those cohorts. We are looking to produce a new one off, national kinship care data set, derived from all local authorities across the country. Local authorities should already hold the data we are wanting to collect, however in rare cases some of the data will have to be first collected at local level. The national collection will be focused on data about the kinship carer cohort. For example, we would like the data collection to include: * Size of the kinship carer cohort, including special guardians and family and friend foster carers * Size of the children in kinship care cohort * Characteristics of children in kinship care * Characteristics of kinship carers We would like the data to be analysed at local, regional and national level, and to be delivered in a report format. There will be a Market Engagement session on TBC and TBC am/pm. Please email emilie.wilkinson@education.gov.uk to be added to the invite for this session.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016681-2023 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| 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 Jun 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Nov 2023 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £600,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| 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

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services

## Release History

- 13 Jun 2023 at 10:06 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016681-2023

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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