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title: "Call for Competition for Partners that are interested in delivering a support service for families in family court proceedings - Improving Child and Family Arrangement Service (ICFA)"
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# Call for Competition for Partners that are interested in delivering a support service for families in family court proceedings - Improving Child and Family Arrangement Service (ICFA)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/call-for-competition-for-partners-that-are-interested-in-delivering-a-support-service-for--ocds-h6vhtk-04e451). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CHILDREN & FAMILY COURT ADVISORY & SUPPORT SERVICE: "Call for Competition for Partners that are interested in delivering a support service for families in family court proceedings - Improving Child and Family Arrangement Service (ICFA)". Published status: active. Published Value: £8,800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Apr 2025, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [CHILDREN & FAMILY COURT ADVISORY & SUPPORT SERVICE](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/children-family-court-advisory-support-service-GB-FTS-138523)
- **Published Value:** £8,800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 April 2025 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e451`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/call-for-competition-for-partners-that-are-interested-in-delivering-a-support-service-for--ocds-h6vhtk-04e451#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FOpportunities%2FIndex%3FtabName%3Dopportunities%26resetFilter%3DTrue)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/call-for-competition-for-partners-that-are-interested-in-delivering-a-support-service-for--ocds-h6vhtk-04e451#participate

## Description
Cafcass is seeking partners that are interested in delivering a support service for families in family court proceedings. Cafcass requires suppliers to hold NACCC Enhanced accreditation and Cyber Essentials certification at the start of any competitive tender process.
Cafcass commissions the delivery of services for families in private family law proceedings in England on behalf of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
A new (ICFA) service has been designed to focus on supporting children and families to agree sustainable family time arrangements that reflect the child's needs, wishes and feelings.
Contract Start date of 1 August 2025 will be subject to mobilisation with new providers to be fully operational by November 2025.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £8,800,000
- **Description:** Cafcass is seeking partners that are interested in delivering a support service for families in family court proceedings. Cafcass requires suppliers to hold NACCC Enhanced accreditation and Cyber Essentials certification at the start of any competiti...
- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2025 to 31/07/2028

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007391-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-27T12:49:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:27:00.297Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e451