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Family Lead Decision Making

Reading Borough Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Reading Borough Council

Buyer Address: Bridge Street, Reading, UKJ11, RG1 2LU, United Kingdom

Contact Email: pchub@reading.gov.uk

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
475000.0 GBP
Gross: 570000 GBP
Published
02 Mar 2026, 08:51
Deadline
05 Apr 2026, 08:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

RBC are completing an ITT exercise for the provision of Family Lead Decision Making - The scope for this project is to cover the following key deliverables: • Work closely with social care teams to support and engage families to access Family Group Conferencing (FGM) and other processes that promote Family Led Decision Making (FLDM). • To upskill staff to ensure a consistent approach is taken to FLDM. What are the objectives the service must deliver? • This Service will contribute to the reduction of children and young people having to enter the care of the Council. • Support families to make positive choices for their children. Suppliers that would like to take part in this process are invited to "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full documentation delivered through this portal. Documents can be accessed from the "My Tenders" area of this website by selecting the "View Details" button for the project. Expressions of interest will only be accepted until 17:30 27/02/2026. Any questions relating to this opportunity should be made via the correspondence link on this portal.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/aspx/Home

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018205-2026

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Value: AED 475,000

Lot 1 Value (Gross): AED 570,000

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-05-01T00:00:00+01:00

Lot 1 Contract End: 2029-03-31T23:59:59+01:00

Lot 1 Award Criterion (price): Simple description

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

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