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Reflective Practice Support Sessions - Support for Significant Incident Reporting

Cafcass · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 08:02.

Opportunity overview

Cafcass is issuing this voluntary Preliminary Market Engagement Notice under section 17 of the Procurement Act 2023 to gather information from potential suppliers in respect of reflective and therapeutic support services. This engagement is intended to inform a potential future procurement and no formal procurement process is being launched at this stage.

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CAF608-26
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Amendments

Entry 1
Description
Update to extend deadline for engagement.
Id
042185-2026

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Cafcass is seeking to understand the market for the provision of reflective/therapeutic group sessions to support social work managers and staff involved in managing or supporting significant incident reporting processes. Incidents involving child death or serious harm (including suspected harm or sexual harm) are among the most distressing situations encountered by Cafcass practitioners. While existing provision supports individual social workers following such incidents, Cafcass is considering the introduction of additional support for managers and colleagues involved in reviewing and learning from these incidents. The significant incident reporting process involves a range of staff, including specialist roles and senior managers, who may be regularly exposed to distressing information. This repeated exposure may have a cumulative impact on wellbeing. Service Requirement (Indicative Only) Cafcass is exploring services that: Provide reflective, trauma-informed group sessions aligned to social work practice and supervision Offer ongoing / periodic support, rather than one-off or reactive interventions Support staff involved in reviewing, managing, and overseeing significant incidents Can be delivered through a combination of remote and face-to-face sessions across England Indicative Demand Demand is currently unknown; however: Cafcass employs approximately 1,700 social workers, including around 350 managers Initial requirement is expected to support a core group of approximately 30 staff There is potential for future scale-up to a wider cohort of operational managers Suppliers should consider their ability to deliver services at scale if required. Geographical Scope Cafcass operates nationally across England. Suppliers are asked to indicate: Areas where services can be delivered Any geographical limitations Information Requested from Suppliers Cafcass invites responses from interested suppliers covering the following: Overview of available services and delivery approach Details of staffing arrangements and relevant qualifications Experience of delivering similar trauma-informed / reflective services Capacity and ability to scale services Geographical coverage across England Indicative pricing, which may include: Retained annual fee models Per-session pricing Hybrid approaches Engagement Process This notice is issued for market engagement purposes only It does not constitute a call for competition Participation is entirely voluntary Timescales Duration of engagement: 2 weeks from date of publication Suppliers should submit responses within this period. Responses are to be made via the Pro-contract portal. https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=b5815163-2f49-f111-813c-005056b64545 Next Steps The information gathered will be used to: Inform service design and specification Assess market capacity and capability Support internal business case development Cafcass reserves the right to decide whether or not to proceed to a formal procurement following this engagement.
Due
21 May 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
042185-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
7 May 2026, 17:44
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Cafcass
Id
GB-PPON-PVPR-3196-BNDP

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVPR-3196-BNDP

Address

Street Address
Ground Floor, 70 Gray's Inn Road
Locality
London
Postal Code
WC1X 8NH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI31

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI31 · WC1X 8NH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 042182-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 042185-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·