--- title: "National Multi-Agency Child Safeguarding Facilitator" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04e2e4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04e2e4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04e2e4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04e2e4.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2025-02-17" --- # National Multi-Agency Child Safeguarding Facilitator Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e2e4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04e2e4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04e2e4.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is planning a public procurement process for a 'National Multi-Agency Child Safeguarding Facilitator' role within the Education and training services industry category. This role is aimed at supporting multi-agency safeguarding partnerships to implement government reforms in child protection and safeguarding. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage, with a market engagement session scheduled for 27th February at 2pm. The contract is expected to be for around one year, with potential extension options. The main location for this tender is the United Kingdom, and additional details will be provided in a future notice on 3rd March 2025. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses experienced in working within local government, particularly those involved in multi-agency child safeguarding and local safeguarding partnerships. Companies with a strong background in education and training services and those capable of providing specialised support and facilitating government reforms will be well-suited to compete for this contract. The engagement session allows potential bidders to provide feedback and shape the final procurement approach, fostering tailored business growth and collaboration with the Department for Education. ## Notice The Department for Education is seeking to engage the market to discuss a dedicated Facilitator role to support multi-agency safeguarding partnerships to implement government reforms to child protection and safeguarding. This role will play a key part in supporting the Department in delivering reforms through engagement at local and national level by working with the other Facilitators and local areas to provide support. This also includes engaging with and supporting the Families First Partnership (FFP) programme to implement reforms to Family Help, multi-agency child protection, family networks and multi-agency safeguarding arrangements nationally. We are looking for an individual who understands and has experience of working in local government at a senior level, in particular multi-agency safeguarding for children and local safeguarding partnerships. We expect the work to be a maximum of 10 days per month. A market engagement session will take place on the 27th February at 2pm. Please contact James Drew at james.drew@education.gov.uk if interested. Please note we do not currently know the route to market we will choose. We will use feedback from the session to help inform our position on this. We expect the contract to be around one year in length, with potential extension options. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The Department for Education is seeking to engage the market to discuss a dedicated Facilitator role to support multi-agency safeguarding partnerships to implement government reforms to child protection and safeguarding. This role will play a key part in supporting the Department in delivering reforms through engagement at local and national level by working with the other Facilitators and local areas to provide support. This also includes engaging with and supporting the Families First Partnership (FFP) programme to implement reforms to Family Help, multi-agency child protection, family networks and multi-agency safeguarding arrangements nationally. We are looking for an individual who understands and has experience of working in local government at a senior level, in particular multi-agency safeguarding for children and local safeguarding partnerships. We expect the work to be a maximum of 10 days per month. A market engagement session will take place on the 27th February at 2pm. Please contact James Drew at james.drew@education.gov.uk if interested. Please note we do not currently know the route to market we will choose. We will use feedback from the session to help inform our position on this. We expect the contract to be around one year in length, with potential extension options. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005441-2025 | | 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 | 17 Feb 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 3 Mar 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | 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 ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 17 Feb 2025 at 15:48 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005441-2025 ## Notice URLs - https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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