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Family Group Decision Making - Best Practice Guides

Department for Education · compiled

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Opportunity overview

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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Mutual Ventures Ltd

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£295.9k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
1 Jun 2025
Award ID
031465-2025-con_27689-1
Status
active
Location
London, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV80000000 — Education and training services

Lots

  • This is at notice of award for FGDM Best Practise Guides 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.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04e67c
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
24 Feb 2025, 12:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
24 Feb 2025, 12:00

Tender Period

Ends
24 Mar 2025, 12:00

Communication

Classification

Id
80000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Education and training services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days
180

Submission Method

electronicSubmission
written

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
This is at notice of award for FGDM Best Practise Guides 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.

Options

Description
2x 6 months options to extend

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
60%
Criterion 2
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
10%
Criterion 3
Name
Price
Type
quality
Description
30%
Criterion 4
Type
price
Description
30%

Contract period

Ends
30 Nov 2025, 23:59
Starts
1 Jun 2025, 00:00

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Entry 2
Region
UK

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
80000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Education and training services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-165
Name
Department for Education

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 3BT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
MINISTRY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Entry 2
Id
09
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Education

Identifier

Legal Name
Department for Education

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-78917
Name
Department for Education

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Manchester
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Department for Education
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-66379
Name
Mutual Ventures Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Legal Name
Mutual Ventures Ltd
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-585
Name
Department for Education

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Department for Education

Award information

Award 1
Id
031465-2025-con_27689-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-66379
Name
Mutual Ventures Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
031465-2025-con_27689-1
Status
active
Award ID
031465-2025-con_27689-1
Date Signed
2 Jun 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
295,890
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UK · SW1P 3BT · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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