Official UK procurement notice
Family Group Decision Making - Best Practice Guides
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is at notice of award for FGDM Best Practise GuidesAwarded
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.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 30
- price: 30
- Social Value: 10
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality: 60%
- Social Value: 10%
- Price: 30%
- Price: 30%
- Price carries 60 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. Quality carries 60 of 130: the paper moves it further than 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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Feb 2025, 13:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Feb 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031465- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e67cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
- Submission deadline
- 24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
24 Feb 2025 → 11 Jun 2025 · 4 dates- Bids opened24 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete11 Jun 2025, 11:12 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mutual VenturesSME | £295,890 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 031465-2025-con_27689-1 · Mutual VenturesSME
- Signed
- 2 Jun 2025
- Value
- £295,890
- Period
- … – 30 Nov 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mutual Ventures LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.