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National Data Dashboard for Children's Social Care Placements

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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Education: "National Data Dashboard for Children's Social Care Placements". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. 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.
Published-to-award variance
40%Historical Average
Based on 5 comparable awards
Competition Density
7.2Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Flood Control (NI)Top vendor: 46.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 185 active published awards; 13 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Flood Control (NI)3 wins£60,000,000
Ground Control Limited2 wins£40,000,000
Personnel Hygiene Services Limited trading as PHS Group plc1 win£10,586,364
McAvoy Modular Offsite Limited2 wins£9,743,488
IRARA SERVICES LIMITED1 win£4,585,304
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
Published4 Aug 2026, 10:35 BST
Last source update4 Aug 2026, 10:35 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06dab9
What is being bought
A three-year contract to extend, enhance, and scale nationally an existing children’s social care placements data dashboard, which is already operational and used by approximately 62 local authorities. Delivery will build upon the existing Social Finance platform infrastructure and will align with the rollout of Regional Care Cooperatives. The maximum contract value is £2,865,473 inclusive of irrecoverable VAT. The contract will fund the following services: - Operation and maintenance of the existing data platform as a secure, scalable software-as-a-service. - Phased onboarding of all local authorities in England onto the platform. - Development and delivery of expanded data collection capabilities. - Development of analytical dashboards for local authorities, Regional Care Cooperatives, DfE and Ofsted. - Provision of APIs and data access to support DfE and Ofsted use. - Preparatory work for integration with complementary needs assessment and benchmarking tools (e.g. CANS, BERRI, CareCubed), and for future forecasting and scenario modelling capabilities. - Work in connection with the transfer of intellectual property rights to DfE and long-term platform sustainability.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Aug 2026, 10:35 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    4 Aug 2026, 10:35 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    4 Aug 2026, 10:35 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Aug 2026, 10:35 BST
  2. Award pending
    Not published · £2,387,894
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
SOCIAL FINANCE LIMITED
£2,387,894 · Not published · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Education

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDZG-3487-DPVD
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  • Department for Education
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PDZG-3487-DPVD
    Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London, UKI32, SW1P3BT, GB
    Nicholas.BUDGE@education.gov.uk

  • Social Finance Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 06402143
    3rd Floor, Colechurch House, London Bridge Walk, London, UKI44, SE1 2SX, GB
    info@socialfinance.org.uk
Award and contract changes
Documents (1)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe contract will be awarded directly under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, relying on the justification at Schedule 5, paragraph 5 (single supplier – exclusive rights). The Supplier holds the intellectual property rights required to supply the services under this contract. These rights include copyright in the software codebase and technical documentation, database rights in the data architecture and configuration, and proprietary rights in the analytical models and algorithms developed for the Dashboard. This contract is for the enhancement and national scaling of an existing, live platform that is already in operational use by c. 62 local authorities. The services cannot reasonably be separated from the existing platform: they require direct access to and modification of the codebase, data models, and system configuration that Supplier owns. Procuring a replacement platform from an alternative supplier would deliver different services (a new-build platform) that would require: (i) a full competitive procurement; (ii) platform design, build, testing and implementation; (iii) re-establishment of local authority data integrations; (iv) disruption to the local authorities currently using the existing system; and (v) delay of at least 18 months to the national rollout required to meet policy objectives. In the Authority’s assessment, this would not constitute a reasonable alternative to the enhancement of the existing platform, since it entails a different approach with different outcomes, extended timescales and greater risk.