Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Contact
Vicki Gregg
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Family Group Conferencing Market Work
Reference number
Proj_9565
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Department for Education is seeking early market engagement on training provision and capacity for facilitators of family group decision making (FGDM) meetings. A widely used model of this is Family Group Conferencing (FGC).
We are developing policy which seeks to legislate to mandate local authorities to offer FGDM meetings to all families at the pre-proceedings stage (i.e. families with cases on the edge of care). This will support the Department’s objectives of keeping children safe and helping families thrive, with the support of family networks.
The Department plans to run a market engagement process over the next two months, to give potential suppliers insight into the future development of this policy.
As part of this process, we are interested in gathering insight from suppliers and organisations of all sizes in the following areas:
Providers of training for staff involved in FGDM meetings (including but not limited to the specific FGC model).
We will use a number of different routes to gather feedback and insight, including questionnaires and in-depth sessions.
A Pre Market Engagement event will be held on Thursday 12 December 2024,14.00-15.00, which will provide further information on the structure of the market engagement process, the information the Department would like to gather and the opportunities suppliers will have to offer feedback and insight.
For suppliers interested in attending this initial on line Pre Market Engagement event, please indicate your interest via the email address available here by midday 11th December. A MS teams invite will be forwarded to you prior to the online event.
Subject: Family Group Decision Making Pre Market Engagement Event
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80500000 - Training services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department for Education is seeking early market engagement on training provision and capacity for facilitators of family group decision making (FGDM) meetings. A widely used model of this is Family Group Conferencing (FGC).
We are developing policy which seeks to legislate to mandate local authorities to offer FGDM meetings to all families at the pre-proceedings stage (i.e. families with cases on the edge of care). This will support the Department’s objectives of keeping children safe and helping families thrive, with the support of family networks.
The Department plans to run a market engagement process over the next two months, to give potential suppliers insight into the future development of this policy.
As part of this process, we are interested in gathering insight from suppliers and organisations of all sizes in the following areas:
Providers of training for staff involved in FGDM meetings (including but not limited to the specific FGC model).
We will use a number of different routes to gather feedback and insight, including questionnaires and in-depth sessions.
A Pre Market Engagement event will be held on Thursday 12 December 2024,14.00-15.00, which will provide further information on the structure of the market engagement process, the information the Department would like to gather and the opportunities suppliers will have to offer feedback and insight.
For suppliers interested in attending this initial on line Pre Market Engagement event, please indicate your interest via the online form/ email address available here. A MS teams invite will be forwarded to you prior to the online event.
Subject: Family Group Decision Making Pre Market Engagement Event
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
30 April 2025
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes