Official UK procurement notice
Family Lead Decision Making
Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£475,000≈ £163k / year · £570,000 inc. VAT21.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 5 Apr 2026awarded 19 Jun 2026
Award (standstill) to DAYBREAK FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCES
Contract term 2 yrs 11 moends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 May 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRBC are completing an ITT exercise for the provision of Family Lead Decision Making - The scope for this project is to cover the following key deliverables:
- Work closely with social care teams to support and engage families to access Family Group Conferencing (FGM) and other processes that promote Family Led Decision Making (FLDM).
- To upskill staff to ensure a consistent approach is taken to FLDM.
What are the objectives the service must deliver?
- This Service will contribute to the reduction of children and young people having to enter the care of the Council.
- Support families to make positive choices for their children.
CPV: Guidance and counselling services · Social work services without accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£475,000
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).
How bids were scored
- Simple description: This procurement will be applying pass/fail and minimum standard criteria within the quality assurance question. The minimum standard is a score of 60% or higher. The Bidder with the best cost and validated quality threshold to deliver the training outputs will be selected.
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
- 2 Feb 2026, 10:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2026, 10:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
RBC 00002433- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008794- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0613dbFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 5 Apr 2026, 09:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
2 Feb 2026 → 30 Jun 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published267 days ago2 Feb 2026, 10:05 GMT
- Submission deadline205 days ago5 Apr 2026, 09:00 BST
- Award decision expected by189 days ago20 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts179 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent130 days ago19 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published130 days ago19 Jun 2026, 10:56 BST
- Standstill ends118 days ago30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026- Tender notice published2 Feb 2026, 10:05 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published2 Mar 2026, 08:51 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 5 Apr 2026, 09:00 BST2 Mar 2026, 08:51 GMT+33 days · was 3 Mar 2026, 09:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published19 Jun 2026, 10:56 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Jun 2026, 10:56 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
As TUPE is now relevant to this procurement we have extended a month to allow for proper review
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £375,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAYBREAK FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCESVCSE1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: +1 year +1 year | £375,000 | 19 Jun 2026standstill to 30 Jun 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 0 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DAYBREAK FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCESAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender