Official UK procurement notice
Codifying Culture within Children and Education Services
Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Awarded value£48,485published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Jul 2025no call for competition
Awarded to The Innovation Unit Ltd,
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract will provide support to articulate and embed a consistent approach to culture and practice in children's social care across the city. A clearly codified practice model and team culture will need to be values-led, and inform a common and consistent approach to assessment, planning, decision making, providing support, helping families make changes, writing about families and recording outcomes; as well a common approach to managing staff, quality improvement, innovation, and responding to government reforms.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2025, 11:55 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2025, 11:55 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046460- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058253Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published6 Aug 2025, 11:55 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £48,4851 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jul 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Innovation Unit Ltd,SME | £48,485 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The Innovation Unit Ltd,SME
- Signed
- 9 Jul 2025
- Value
- £48,485
- Period
- 10 Jul 2025 – 7 Sept 2025
- Status
- active
4 agreed KPIs: Mobilisation · Developing the shared vision 'WHY' · 'HOW & WHAT' …
- Mobilisation
- Developing the shared vision 'WHY'
- 'HOW & WHAT'
- Testing & finalising
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE INNOVATION UNIT LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender