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Local Authority & Political Leadership Support

Social work and related services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published3
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Education: "Local Authority & Political Leadership Support". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 3 published lots. 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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Published history for Department for Education. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
49.6Bids / Report
11.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Published8 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update8 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSocial work and related services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-029c61
What is being bought
The primary objective of this proposal is to improve the political and corporate leadership and oversight of Local Authorities (LAs), with responsibility for delivering children’s services.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    8 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    8 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    8 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    8 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  5. Published value updated to £5,300,000
    16 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    16 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    16 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 19 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
    16 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    16 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (3)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    A Universal Offer
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    1. Provide leadership development programmes for new and existing political leaders, with responsibility for children’s services, to ensure they understand their statutory role and can provide effective scrutiny and challenge to senior officials to improve children’s social care and SEND services. 2. Provide leadership development programmes for corporate leaders, with responsibility for children’s services, to ensure a clear understanding of what ‘Good’ children’s social care and SEND services look like, and how to get there. 3. Facilitate and develop regional networking for political and corporate leaders, with a focus on children’s services, so that leaders have a support system to help them deliver their role effectively.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    A Targeted Support Offer
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Project Objectives: 1. To provide targeted improvement support to select LAs, to be agreed with the Department, with a focus on the effectiveness of LA senior leaders, the effectiveness of partnerships (with the Police and clinical commissioning groups as a minimum) and the strategic approach to improving children’s social care and SEND services – this will include specifically working with the director of children’s services (DCS), the local authority chief executive, the lead member and partner representatives, as a minimum. 2. To support LA leaders with challenges in their children’s social care and SEND services, arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the development and delivery of recovery plans. 3. To provide diagnostic services to select LAs, to be agreed with the Department, with a focus on the effectiveness of corporate parenting arrangements and advisory support to deliver the resulting recommendations and improvements.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    An Intensive Support Offer
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Project Objectives: 1. To provide one to one support to individual political and corporate leaders to improve their understanding of what ‘Good’ children’s social care and SEND services look like, from legal compliance to excellence, and how to get there. 2. To facilitate and develop the understanding of local political groups, such as cabinet and children’s scrutiny committees
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    8 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Contract active
    Signed 11 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST · £1,202,460
  6. Contract active
    Signed 11 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST · £2,236,299
  7. Contract active
    Signed 11 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST · £622,845
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Not published · Not published · active
IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Not published · Not published · active
IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
UNIVERSAL SUPPORT
£1,202,460 · signed 11 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST · active
TARGETED SUPPORT
£2,236,299 · signed 11 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST · active
INTENSIVE SUPPORT
£622,845 · signed 11 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
bids: 1 (lot 2)
bids: 1 (lot 3)
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
    Rose.HOWELL@education.gov.uk

  • High Court of England and Wales
    reviewBody

    London

  • IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    supplier

    <redacted>, UK
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