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Family Group Decision Making - Best Practice Guides

Education and training services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Education: "Family Group Decision Making - Best Practice Guides". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for EducationScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Competition Density
49.6Bids / Report
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Coverage: 368 active published awards; 352 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Education
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
Last source update11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEducation and training services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04e67c
What is being bought
The services relate to the Department’s aim to procure the development of a package of best practice guidance for local authorities (LAs) to implement their new legal duty to offer family group decision making (FGDM) to all parents (or those with parental responsibility) of children whose cases have reached the pre-proceedings stage, unless the offer is not in the child’s best interest. Although this is being primarily produced to offer guidance to support LAs in relation to the new duty at the time it comes into force, it will also offer general best practice guidance on FGDM that is applicable to meetings that happen at other points in the children’s social care system (e.g. at earlier points in the system, such as during family help, or later, such as reunification). The contract has been awarded to Mutual Ventures Ltd.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
  5. Published value updated to £250,000
    21 Feb 2025, 13:13 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    21 Feb 2025, 13:13 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    21 Feb 2025, 13:13 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
    21 Feb 2025, 13:13 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    21 Feb 2025, 13:13 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This is at notice of award for FGDM Best Practise Guides The services relate to the Department’s aim to procure the development of a package of best practice guidance for local authorities (LAs) to implement their new legal duty to offer family group decision making (FGDM) to all parents (or those with parental responsibility) of children whose cases have reached the pre-proceedings stage, unless the offer is not in the child’s best interest. Although this is being primarily produced to offer guidance to support LAs in relation to the new duty at the time it comes into force, it will also offer general best practice guidance on FGDM that is applicable to meetings that happen at other points in the children’s social care system (e.g. at earlier points in the system, such as during family help, or later, such as reunification). The contract has been awarded to Mutual Ventures Ltd.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 2 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST · £295,890
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Mutual Ventures Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£295,890 · signed 2 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Education

Contracting authority GB-FTS-165
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  • Department for Education
    buyer

    Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BT
  • Department for Education
    reviewBody

    London
  • Mutual Ventures Ltd
    supplier

    London, UK
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