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title: "Delivery partner for national support to local authorities with forecasting, commissioning and market shaping in children’s social care."
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# Delivery partner for national support to local authorities with forecasting, commissioning and market shaping in children’s social care.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/delivery-partner-for-national-support-to-local-authorities-with-forecasting-commissioning--ocds-h6vhtk-03f66d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Delivery partner for national support to local authorities with forecasting, commissioning and market shaping in children’s social care.". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Market research services, Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03f66d`

## 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/delivery-partner-for-national-support-to-local-authorities-with-forecasting-commissioning--ocds-h6vhtk-03f66d#tl-md)

## Description
We will be holding one to one sessions, if you would like more information/to arrange a session, please email caroline.traynor@education.gov.uk.
This PIN is for market engagement only. It does not signify the commencement of any procurement process and does not constitute any commitment by the Department for Education. If the Department for Education decides to commence any procurement process as contemplated by this notice, a separate notice will be published at the relevant time. The requirements and values set out may be subject to change. 
The Department for Education intend to launch a procurement to appoint a supplier to undertake evidence gathering and delivery support in relation to local authority forecasting of their future needs for children’s social care placements and market shaping activity and commissioning of such placements.  
There will be two phases of this work: 
The first will identify fill evidence gaps by directly working with local authorities and some large providers of care to identify what data they are collecting, understand what their challenges are and what we can do to support them. This is likely to consist of desk-based research, conversations with local areas and deep dive visits. 
The second, will, based on the findings from phase one, deliver initial national support to local authorities and use the findings to input into the co-design process with the two Regional Care Cooperative (RCC) pathfinder regions. 
Upon completion of the review, the supplier will be required to submit the findings, including a set of recommendations for change, to the Department for Education. 
The value of this contract is to be confirmed. The initial term will run January 2024 – March 2025 with potential for 3, 12-month extensions.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 73000000, 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Department for Education committed, in Stable Homes, Built on Love, to commission an external organisation to deliver national support with forecasting, procurement and market shaping to local authorities, in advance of subsuming this function in...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024845-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-23T15:10:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:57:19.408Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03f66d