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Vulnerable Children and Families Digital Portfolio – Multi-Capability Contract

Information technology services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Education: "Vulnerable Children and Families Digital Portfolio – Multi-Capability Contract". Published status: awardUpdate. 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
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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.
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Competition Density
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Coverage: 41 active published awards; 0 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
StatusNot published
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
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Legal basisNot published
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Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
Last source update21 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationInformation technology services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068797
What is being bought
No description published
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    21 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
  2. Buyer information updated
    21 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The Vulnerable Children and Families (VC&F) portfolio consists of four programmes of work: Families and Family Hubs, Early Years, Social Work Workforce, and Childrens Social Care. The multi-capability contract will deliver specialist skills across the GDS job families to provide full coverage and the ability to work in blended teams to meet business demands and deliver across all four programmes, with the possibility that the portfolio may expand with additional services/ programmes/projects.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    21 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 5 Feb 2024, 00:00 GMT · £25,933,500
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Hippo Digital Limited, Hippo Digital Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£25,933,500 · signed 5 Feb 2024, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 7 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST — 6 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Education

Contracting authority GB-FTS-18168
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  • Department for Education
    buyer

    Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK
    Commercial.DDAT@education.gov.uk

  • Department for Education
    mediationBody
    reviewBody
    reviewContactPoint

    London

  • Hippo Digital Limited
    supplier

    Leeds, UK, LS1 4HT

  • Hippo Digital Ltd
    supplier

    Leeds, UK
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