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title: "National Data Dashboard for Children's Social Care Placements"
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# National Data Dashboard for Children's Social Care Placements

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-data-dashboard-for-children-s-social-care-placements-ocds-h6vhtk-06dab9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "National Data Dashboard for Children's Social Care Placements". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £2,387,894 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-data-dashboard-for-children-s-social-care-placements-ocds-h6vhtk-06dab9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06dab9`

## 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.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **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/national-data-dashboard-for-children-s-social-care-placements-ocds-h6vhtk-06dab9#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000, 85311300

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **Social Finance Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185021`
  - Value: £2,387,894 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F073518-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-04T09:35:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:14:39.217Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06dab9