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Published 18 Mar 2025, 18:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

con_27698 - National Centre For Family Hubs & Integrated Family Services 25/26

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Final published estimate£437,500initial estimate £525,000 · 1 value update0.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Apr 2025awarded 5 Jun 2025
Awarded to County Councils Network
Contract term 10 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 2 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract is for a delivery partner to deliver a National Centre for Family Hubs (NCFH) that will provide support to Local Authorities (LAs) in the implementation of the Family Hubs programme.

In 2022, the Department funded the establishment of the National Centre for Family Hubs and Integrated Family Services (NCFH) to advocate for Family Hubs and disseminate best practices and evidence on integrated family service models. The NCFH provides expert advice and guidance to LAs, health partners, local commissioners, schools, and third sector bodies on setting up and developing Family Hub models. It hosts a resource library and implementation toolkit to support providers. Additionally, its activities are supported by a regular newsletter, learning events, and communities of practice (CoP) for peer learning, creating a community for sharing best practices.

The Department is seeking to appoint a delivery partner through a new procurement process to continue, build upon, and enhance the NCFH’s role.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 10 moSMEVCSEPublished value£437,500
Contract period: 2 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (10 mo)Value: £437,500 exc. VAT · £525,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: The quality section of the tender has a weighting of 80%. This consists of 70% for Quality questions and 10% for a Social Value Question
  • Price: The price section of the tender has a weighting of 20%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Mar 2025, 18:05 GMT
Last source update
1 Aug 2025, 09:58 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 7 May 2025
Authority reference
project_9797
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010038
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eecc Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
17 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
11 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

The Department is administering the Tender process via its e-Tendering Portal, (Jaggaer; education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗). Jaggaer is the only method for submitting tenders and suppliers should not make any other form of approach to the Department in connection with this procurement. It is the responsibility of Potential Suppliers to ensure they can access and use the Jaggaer system. Jaggaer is owned and hosted by an independent organisation, any issues in respect of functionality or using the system must be directed to the Jaggaer helpdesk via 0800 069 8630 or www.jaggaer.com/submit-supplier-supp… ↗

Timeline

18 Mar 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Mar 2025, 18:05 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by
    11 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    17 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    7 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    2 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
  6. Assessment summaries sent
    5 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
  7. Standstill ends
    16 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  8. Latest notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 09:58 BST

Notice history

8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Mar 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Mar 2025, 18:05 GMT
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    20 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
    UK4
  3. Published value updated to £437,500
    20 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
    was £525,000
  4. Tender notice published
    2 Apr 2025, 09:53 BST
    UK4
  5. Contract award notice published
    5 Jun 2025, 15:31 BST
    UK6
  6. Status changed to complete
    5 Jun 2025, 15:31 BST
  7. Contract signature expected
    18 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  8. Contract details notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 09:58 BST
    UK7
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-03: 2 releases · 18 Mar 2025, 20 Mar 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £437,1961 award exc. VAT
Bids received 73 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
County Councils NetworkNational Centre For Family Hubs & Integrated Family Services - 2025/2619 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2026£437,1965 Jun 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · County Councils Network

    Signed
    24 Jul 2025
    Value
    £437,196
    Period
    24 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    active
    7 agreed KPIs: KPI No. 1 · KPI No. 2 · KPI No. 3 …
    • KPI No. 1, National Centre to seek and collate feedback from LAs, health partners, and third sector bodies on quality of guidance/best practice/case study products/evidence dissemination overseen by NCFH. This should be collectedon a quarterly basis and be requested from a minimum of 40 LAs during each quarter. The LAs and stakeholders should represent all areas of support which the NCFH supports. Feedback to be shared with the Department and DHSC. Progress Measure: Number of feedback requests (40 minimum per quarter). Evidence that the customer feedback represents all areas of support which the NCFH provides. Positive feedback from at least 70% of survey respondents on the usefulness of resources in supporting LAs to develop / deliver their services.
    • KPI No. 2, National Centre to collate data on the number of attendees at events and seek quantitative and qualitative feedback from attendees on the quality of each of those events. This includes large scale events and smaller communities of practice and peer learning spaces. Progress Measures: Minimum turnout of 70% of the cohort of delegates (to be agreed with the Department on an event-by-event basis) and rated positive or better by 70% of respondents (through feedback surveys). The supplier will need to demonstrate how they have learnt from feedback, reporting to the Department on action taken between events.
    • KPI No. 3, Number of LAd that actively engage with National Centre support across the different support offers. Progress Measure: Number of LAs in contact with NCFH (target 95% of Department funded LAs), and to which extent - e.g. LA has contacted NCFH by email/telephone byt not attended any events/workshops/CoPs, LA has attended an event but not otherwise engaged with NCFH support, LA has regular and ongoing engagement in all areas of NCFH support.
    • KPI No. 4, Number of 'new' LAs that have had engagement and support from National Centre that move towards establishing Best Start Family Hubs. Progress Measure: 100% of currently unfunded LAs (65) that are about to receive Development Grant funding develop their approach following National Centre support.
    • KPI No. 5, National Centre will monitor audience engagement with the NCFH website and other resources. Progress Measure: Website: Minimum of 500 users per month, and minimum of 1,000 views per month. This can be averages across the quarter.
    • KPI No. 6, National Centre will collect feedback from LAs on accessibility and usability of the NCFH website. Progress Measure: Target of 70% positive feedback on the NCFH website across the quarter, collected by user satisfaction tools and/or feedback forms held on the NCFH website. This should be supplemented by user testing, surveys, or interviews held with LAs.
    • KPI No. 7, National Centre will deliver a Social Value Action Plan, as set out in their bid. Progress Measure: 100% of the commitments delivered to the timescales set out in the Action Plan.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one34—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Education

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDZG-3487-DPVD Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London, London, SW1P3BTContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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