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title: "Family Group Decision Making - Best Practise Guides"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04c260"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION"
published: "2024-12-05"
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# Family Group Decision Making - Best Practise Guides

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04c260

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## Summary

The Department for Education is planning a procurement process titled "Family Group Decision Making - Best Practise Guides" under the industry category of Education and Training Services. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a key Pre Market Engagement event scheduled for 13th December 2024. The contract aims to develop best practice guidance and resources for local authorities to deliver Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) meetings in the UK. This initiative is intended to support a new legal duty requiring local authorities to offer FGDM meetings to families at the pre-proceedings stage to help keep children safe and support family networks. Interested suppliers are requested to indicate their interest by emailing Vicki.Gregg@education.gov.uk by midday on 11th December 2024.

This tender creates significant opportunities for businesses specialising in education, training, and social work services to contribute to a critical social initiative. The Department for Education is actively seeking early market engagement to shape the requirements and the Invitation to Tender (ITT). Suppliers of all sizes are encouraged to participate in the consultation process, providing them with a platform to influence the tender specifications. Companies with expertise in creating best practice guidance and resources for local authority settings, particularly those experienced in family support and social work, will find this tender particularly relevant. Engaging in this procurement process can enhance the supplier's portfolio and offer opportunities for long-term collaboration with the Department for Education.

## Notice

For the development of best practice guidance and resources for local authority delivery against the planned new legal duty to offer family group decision making (FGDM) meetings.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The purpose of this PIN is to initiate market consultation and is not being used as a call for competition. The Department for Education is seeking early market engagement on developing best practice guidance and resources for local authority delivery against the planned new legal duty to offer family group decision making (FGDM) meetings. As set out in the recently published CSC Policy Paper we seek to legislate to mandate local authorities to offer FGDM meetings to all families at the pre-proceedings stage (i.e. families with children on the edge of care). This will support the Department's objectives of keeping children safe and helping families thrive, with the support of family networks. The Department plans to run a market engagement event, to give prospective suppliers insight into the developing requirements for this potential procurement. As part of this process, we are interested in gathering insight from suppliers and organisations of all sizes in the following areas: Providers who will be interested in competing for a contract to develop best practice guidance and resources for local authorities to deliver FGDM meetings safely and successfully. We may use an online questionnaire to collate responses. This questionnaire will not be used as part of any competition nor evaluated and will be used only for the purposes of gathering information to help shape the requirements and the ITT. A Pre Market Engagement event will be held on Friday 13 December 2024,10.30-11.30 , which will provide further information on the developing requirements. For suppliers interested in attending this initial on line Pre Market Engagement event, please indicate your interest by emailing Vicki.Gregg@education.gov.uk, by midday 11th December. A MS teams invite will be forwarded to you prior to the online event. Subject: Family Group Decision Making - Best Practice Guidance Pre Market Engagement Event Additional information: For suppliers interested in attending this initial on line Pre Market Engagement event, please indicate your interest by emailing Vicki.Gregg@education.gov.uk, by midday 11th December. A MS teams invite will be forwarded to you prior to the online event. Subject: Family Group Decision Making - Best Practice Guidance Pre Market Engagement Event

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039155-2024 |
| 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 | 5 Dec 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 19 Dec 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £400,000 |
| 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

- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 5 Dec 2024 at 08:48 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039155-2024

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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