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title: "IA2261 Provider Evaluation of \"The Big Fostering Partnership\""
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# IA2261 Provider Evaluation of "The Big Fostering Partnership"

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ia2261-provider-evaluation-of-the-big-fostering-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-029060). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Staffordshire County Council: "IA2261 Provider Evaluation of "The Big Fostering Partnership"". Published status: active. Published Value: £35,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Staffordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/staffordshire-county-council-ons-e10000028)
- **Published Value:** £35,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 February 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ia2261-provider-evaluation-of-the-big-fostering-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-029060#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029060`

## Before you bid
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- **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.
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- **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/ia2261-provider-evaluation-of-the-big-fostering-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-029060#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ia2261-provider-evaluation-of-the-big-fostering-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-029060#participate

## Description
Staffordshire County Council are leading on behalf of 5 Local Authorities namely Dudley, Wolverhampton, Telford and Wrekin and Worcestershire on a project called The Big Fostering Partnership.
The partners are seeking a Provider to undertake an evaluation of the Big Fostering Partnership Project.  The aim is to evaluate how The Big Fostering Partnership Project works in terms of its effectiveness in delivering the required outcomes for the children who engage with the project but also include the evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of the project's delivery.  
The Big Fostering Partnership is a Payment by results project that is seeking to move children from residential care to foster care, known as "step down".  The aim of the project is to promote and grow the number of specialist foster carers provided by independent fostering agencies in order to manage more complex children who are 7-15 years of age who are in children's homes.
The aim of the evaluation is to find out whether
a)	children who engaged with the project benefitted from it?
b)	all those children that could have benefitted from this project had access to it and been considered for the project and the factors that constrained access and identify that could have broadened access?
c)	the Local Authority partnership, the use of social finance and a special purpose vehicle contributed to the effectiveness of the project, this is to be measured by the improvement in outcomes for children that have been delivered through the project? 
d)	the initial use of just one Fostering provider been beneficial and what evidence can be provided to underpin this?
e)	the project has had an impact on availability or otherwise of resources for other children and on the Sufficiency Duty.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2021 to 31/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002297-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-04T17:29:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T11:12:27.703Z
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