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# con_28407  Reducing Family Court Delays - Designated Family Judge Trailblazer Expansion Project 25-26 FTS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/con-28407-reducing-family-court-delays-designated-family-judge-trailblazer-expansion-proje-ocds-h6vhtk-0595f4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "con_28407  Reducing Family Court Delays - Designated Family Judge Trailblazer Expansion Project 25-26 FTS". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £842,835 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0595f4`

## 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/con-28407-reducing-family-court-delays-designated-family-judge-trailblazer-expansion-proje-ocds-h6vhtk-0595f4#tl-md)

## Description
This is a notice of award for Reducing Family Court Delays - Designated Family Judge Trailblazer Expansion Project 25-26.
The services relate to the department's aim to expand upon the work done previously on the Designated Family Judge Trailblazer pilot FY24-25. The work is aimed at reducing delays in the family justice (FJ) system by working with Local Authorities (LAs) in Designated Family Judge (DFJ) areas to identify key causes of local delay in family courts, develop and embed learning from the DFJ Trailblazer 24-25 programme, and further develop system accountability work.  
The contract has been awarded to Mutual Ventures Ltd

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Reducing Family Court Delays - DFJ Trailblazer Project 25-26 (active)
  - Award id: `054712-2025-con_27689-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Mutual Ventures Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-46430`
  - Value: £842,835 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Reducing Family Court Delays - DFJ Trailblazer Project 25-26 (active)
  - Signed Value: £842,835
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F054712-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-08T14:02:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:37:45.736Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0595f4