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Family Group Decision Making - Best Practice Guides

Department for Education

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Department for Education

Buyer Address: Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BT, United Kingdom

Contact Email: lois.crow@education.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
295890.0 GBP
Published
11 Jun 2025, 10:12
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
80000000 - Education and training services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Mutual Ventures Ltd
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The services relate to the Department’s aim to procure the development of a package of best practice guidance for local authorities (LAs) to implement their new legal duty to offer family group decision making (FGDM) to all parents (or those with parental responsibility) of children whose cases have reached the pre-proceedings stage, unless the offer is not in the child’s best interest. Although this is being primarily produced to offer guidance to support LAs in relation to the new duty at the time it comes into force, it will also offer general best practice guidance on FGDM that is applicable to meetings that happen at other points in the children’s social care system (e.g. at earlier points in the system, such as during family help, or later, such as reunification). The contract has been awarded to Mutual Ventures Ltd.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

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Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Social Value

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Price

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