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| Source: | Contracts Finder |
| Notice Type: | Pipeline / planning |
| Buyer: | Department for Education |
| Main Category: | — |
| Procurement Method: | — |
| Tender Status: | Pre-tender |
| Estimated Value (ex. VAT): | Not specified |
| Release Date: | 13 December 2022 |
| Application Deadline: | — |
| Contract Start Date: | 30 September 2023 |
| Contract End Date: |
All 5 notices for this procurement, oldest first.
The Fosterline Service
The Fosterline Service ITT
The Fosterline Service ITT
The Fosterline Service ITT
The Fosterline Service Contract Award - CFN
Earlier notices predate the Procurement Act 2023 (commenced 24 Feb 2025) and therefore don't carry UK1–UK17 codes.
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| Award value: | £704,026 |
| Award decision date: | 10 July 2023 |
| Award status: | Active |
It is the Department for Educations intention to undertake a procurement exercise to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to deliver The Fosterline Service on behalf of the Department from 1st October 2023. The Fosterline Service is a free, independent national advice service that offers support for both current and prospective foster carers. It has been in place since 2006, funded by the Department of Education. During that time, the Department also increased the scope of Fosterline from responding to ad hoc enquiries to offering individualised ongoing services for current or prospective foster carers requiring help with ongoing issues or detailed tax and benefits advice. The services aim to support foster families to stay together during times of crisis, reducing placement breakdown, and avoiding costs associated with this. The current service is widely used, with over 108,000 contacts (through the helpline service, 1-2-1s, web-chats, emails, website visits etc )in the year 2021-22. In order to provide further information on the opportunity a market engagement webinar will be held on 12/1/23 from 10:00am - 11:30am GMT. This will be an online event hosted through Microsoft Teams platform. To register for the event, you will need to be registered as a supplier on the DfE Jaggaer eTendering portal, available at https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Once registered the event will be accessible via the 'View Opportunities' link on the Homepage. Select the Opportunity Notice for 'The Fosterline Service Engagement Event' (SSQ_326) and this will take you directly to the registration page. The closing date for registering your interest of the market engagement event is 17:00 GMT on the 10/1/23 Additional information: Scope of the Service To run Fosterline, the free service for prospective and current foster carers by providing a telephone helpline, website, social media presence and 1-2-1 support service on a referral basis.
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| Contract Duration: | 2.0 years |
| Procurement ID (OCID): | ocds-b5fd17-acaa2587-2dd8-475b-8a11-b7155da8baf4 |
| Notice Reference: | fdb04b71-8bbc-4b59-a2ea-c5d16057c4f3-598609 |