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# Sector awareness and provider preparedness project

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sector-awareness-and-provider-preparedness-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0384d8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Sector awareness and provider preparedness project". Published status: complete. Published Value: £950,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: education.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** £950,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 December 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £751,300 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sector-awareness-and-provider-preparedness-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0384d8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0384d8`

## 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/sector-awareness-and-provider-preparedness-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0384d8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [education.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.app.jaggaer.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sector-awareness-and-provider-preparedness-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0384d8#participate

## Description
The overall aim of this project is to support the successful implementation of this reform programme by ensuring supported accommodation for young people is consistently high quality, through readying providers for the standards and regulation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £950,000
- **Description:** Services to support sector awareness and provider preparedness to aid the implementation of national standards and Ofsted regulation for providers offering supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 & 17.
The overall a...
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2024
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Sector awareness and provider preparedness project to aid the implementation of national standards and Ofsted regulation for providers offering supported accommodation for looked after children (active)
  - Award id: `005673-2023-con_18103-1`
  - Supplier(s): **National Children’s Bureau**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-100578`
  - Value: £751,300 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Sector awareness and provider preparedness project to aid the implementation of national standards and Ofsted regulation for providers offering supported accommodation for looked after children (active)
  - Signed Value: £751,300
  - Signed Date: 17/02/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013880-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-30T11:42:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T22:34:03.708Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0384d8