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# *PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT* Children in Care - Helplines

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-event-children-in-care-helplines-ocds-h6vhtk-02e13c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Department for Education currently has 4 Helpline Contracts in place. These contracts are all due to expire on the 31st March 2022 and vary in value. Published lot titles: Fosterline; Friends and Family; Family Advice Support; Legal Family Support Service.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e13c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/pre-market-engagement-event-children-in-care-helplines-ocds-h6vhtk-02e13c#tl-md)

## Description
The Department for Education currently has 4 Helpline Contracts in place. These contracts are all due to expire on the 31st March 2022 and vary in value. Please see below:
Friends and Family Helpline - £350k pa
Fosterline - Contract Value - £431,966 pa
Legal family support service - £330k pa
Family advice support - £889k pa

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Fosterline
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This tender seeks to engage a supplier to provide independent advice and support to current and prospective foster parents through a national helpline across England and a website with digital support services, including a live chat function. 
Foster...

### Lot 2: Friends and Family
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Friends and Family is a national helpline that is in place to advise parents, grandparents, relatives and friends about their rights and options when social workers or courts make decisions about their children’s welfare. The helpline will provide ad...

### Lot 3: Family Advice Support
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The helpline is in place to support families who are in need of emotional support, information, advice and guidance on a wide and expansive range of issues, any aspect of parenting and family life.
The Department funds Family Lives/Gingerbread to:
•	...

### Lot 4: Legal Family Support Service
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Legal Family Support Service Helpline will provide free legal information, advice and representation to children, young people, their families, carers and professionals. It will give information and guidance to families to enable them to resolve ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022985-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-15T21:44:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T13:38:46.415Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e13c