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National Child Safeguarding Facilitator Role (Local Government Focus)

Social work and related services
UK
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published value
£194,400
Submission deadline 22 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Education: "National Child Safeguarding Facilitator Role (Local Government Focus)". Published status: active. Published value: £194,400. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for EducationScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
22 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£194,400
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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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update21 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Recurring procurementYes
ClassificationSocial work and related services
Delivery area
UK
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02cf04
What is being bought
Strong and effective multi-agency safeguarding arrangements sit at the heart of cross-government efforts to ensure the best outcomes for all children and families. The Department for Education is inviting bids for the role of a“National child safeguarding facilitator (local government focus)”. The Department is looking for an individual who understands and has experience of the workings of local government and in particular multi-agency safeguarding for children at a senior level, to work in partnership with national facilitators for police and health in supporting and challenging local safeguarding children’s partnerships. The individual will be required to support the local government response to the safeguarding partners reform work and the development of existing national policy to improve safeguarding outcomes for children and young people. This will include, but is not limited to: • Identifying and assessing emerging issues and threats within local multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and developing plans to address these in partnership with other national facilitators. • Liaising with all local safeguarding partnerships in England and engage relevant safeguarding leads in local government to promote effective arrangements, to map and share best practice. • Providing appropriate peer review and challenge to support development of robust local arrangements. Relevant safeguarding experience within a multi-disciplinary team along with knowledge and understanding of children’s social care practice including guidance, appropriate legislation and issues relevant to children particularly the Children and Social Work Act 2017 is essential. We anticipate this will be for 15-month service contract with an option to extend for 12 months at an approximate total contract cost of £194,400 The Department will be holding a market engagement event on 2nd November 2021 10:00 – 11:00. If you wish to attend the market engagement event please message the Department through Jaggaer to register. The event will be held via Microsoft Teams. The presentation slides will be made available on Jaggaer after the event The opportunity is available on our electronic tendering system: https://education.app.jaggaer.com
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £194,400
    21 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    21 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    21 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 22 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
    21 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
  5. Published value updated to £200,000
    30 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  6. Status changed to planned
    30 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    30 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
  8. Buyer information updated
    30 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Published value£194,400
    Strong and effective multi-agency safeguarding arrangements sit at the heart of cross-government efforts to ensure the best outcomes for all children and families. The Department for Education is inviting bids for the role of a“National child safeguarding facilitator (local government focus)”. The Department is looking for an individual who understands and has experience of the workings of local government and in particular multi-agency safeguarding for children at a senior level, to work in partnership with national facilitators for police and health in supporting and challenging local safeguarding children’s partnerships. The individual will be required to support the local government response to the safeguarding partners reform work and the development of existing national policy to improve safeguarding outcomes for children and young people. This will include, but is not limited to: • Identifying and assessing emerging issues and threats within local multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and developing plans to address these in partnership with other national facilitators. • Liaising with all local safeguarding partnerships in England and engage relevant safeguarding leads in local government to promote effective arrangements, to map and share best practice. • Providing appropriate peer review and challenge to support development of robust local arrangements. Relevant safeguarding experience within a multi-disciplinary team along with knowledge and understanding of children’s social care practice including guidance, appropriate legislation and issues relevant to children particularly the Children and Social Work Act 2017 is essential. We anticipate this will be for 15-month service contract with an option to extend for 12 months at an approximate total contract cost of £194,400 The Department will be holding a market engagement event on 2nd November 2021 10:00 – 11:00. If you wish to attend the market engagement event please message the Department through Jaggaer to register. The event will be held via Microsoft Teams. The presentation slides will be made available on Jaggaer after the event The opportunity is available on our electronic tendering system: https://education.app.jaggaer.com
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    21 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    22 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
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Department for Education

Contracting authority GB-FTS-165
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