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title: "Consultancy Support- Practice Framework for Children's Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f812"
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buyer: "London Borough of Harrow"
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# Consultancy Support- Practice Framework for Children's Services

Buyer: London Borough of Harrow  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f812

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## Summary

The London Borough of Harrow commissioned specialist consultancy support for the design, implementation and embedding of a Practice Framework for Children’s Services. The work supports delivery of the Family First Reforms and the wider social work reforms, including family-led decision-making. Consultancy and training are to be provided through London Councils. This is a professional services requirement covering design consultancy and specialist design services, with the practical focus on developing and embedding children’s services practice. Delivery is in Harrow, London, for the council’s children’s services function. The requirement is suited to organisations with expertise in children’s social care transformation, social work practice development, organisational implementation and related training.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. London Councils was selected as the supplier for the single completed lot. The procedure was a below-threshold tender; the published method is recorded as unknown. The contract was signed on 14 August 2026 and runs from 21 August 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £33,000 excluding VAT, or £39,600 including VAT. The procurement reached a complete tender status, while the award and contract are active. The published information identifies the services and supplier but does not set out a separate scored evaluation basis. The buying organisation is the London Borough of Harrow.

This award demonstrates a defined demand from Harrow for specialist children’s services practice transformation delivered through a public-sector partnership. Competitors seeking comparable work would need credible expertise in designing practice frameworks, translating social work reform into operational practice, supporting family-led decision-making and embedding new approaches across children’s services. The requirement also shows the importance of providing both consultancy and training, rather than producing a framework in isolation. A strong supplier would need practical implementation capability, experience working with local-authority children’s services and the capacity to support adoption and sustained use. Familiarity with Family First Reform objectives and wider social work reform would strengthen a future proposition, alongside the ability to work through or alongside London-wide public-sector bodies.

## Notice

Consultancy support for the design, implementation and embedding of the Practice Framework for Children's Services in line with the delivery of the Family First Reforms. Consultancy to be provided through London Councils. The consultancy and training provided by London Councils are specialist in nature. Family led decision making and the development of a practice framework is a core service to be delivered by children's services and in line with the social work reforms.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086410-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - unknown |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 21 Aug 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £33,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | London Borough of Harrow |
| Locality | HARROW |
| Postcode area | Harrow |
| Postcode | HA3 8FL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon |
| Local authority | Harrow |
| Electoral ward | Kenton West |
| Westminster constituency | Harrow East |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | London Councils |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79415200 - Design consultancy services
- 79930000 - Specialty design services

## Release History

- 11 Sep 2026 at 13:25 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086410-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086410-2026
  11th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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