Family Hubs Evaluation Innovation Fund

A Contract Award Notice
by DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

Source
Contracts Finder
Type
Contract (Products)
Duration
2 year
Value
£400K-£400K
Sector
PROFESSIONAL
Published
23 Jun 2021
Delivery
01 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2023
Deadline
13 Jan 2021 17:00

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

1 supplier

Description

Expressions of Interest are sought from research organisations or consortiums working in partnership with family hub(s) on evaluation of the service effectiveness, outcomes and impacts and value for money of family hubs. All expressions of interest must be a partnership between: • A research supplier/consortium (can be a research agency or consultancy, Higher Education institute, think tank, or other research bodies); and • Family hub(s) (or consortium/group of these, and could be a local-authority run family hub, a group of local authorities with family hubs, voluntary and community sector organisations that deliver family hubs, health commissioners that fund or deliver family hubs, school-based family hubs, or other models).

Award Detail

1 Ecorys (West Midlands)
  • Value: £399,853

CPV Codes

  • 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Indicators

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs.
  • Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

For contractual purposes, the lead bidder and contractor should be research supplier(s) but they must work with named family hubs for their Expression of Interest proposal, to deliver the evaluation, and have a service-level agreement in place covering relative roles, responsibilities and contract costs within the evaluation. Contracted suppliers and partner hubs are expected to work with the separately contracted National Centre for Family Hubs and Integrated Family Services on dissemination activities and to generate guidance and toolkits on evaluation for wider benefit. There is an upper cap of £400,000 per evaluation contract. Project design and set up will commence in April 2021. We expect the projects and contracts to end by March 2023 at the latest. The Government made a manifesto commitment to "improve the Troubled Families programme and champion Family Hubs to serve vulnerable families with the intensive, integrated support they need to care for children - from the early years and throughout their lives". In Budget 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £2.5 million for research and the development of best practice around the integration of services for families, including family hubs, and how best to support vulnerable children. This funding is being administered by the Department for Education. https://assets-global.website-files.com/5da42e2cae7ebd3f8bde353c/5dda924905da587... 2019 Manifesto.pdf in 2019 Please Note: **Answers to any supplier questions received during the Expression of Interest stage will be posted on this page by the end of Monday 4th January 2021. Q&A update to be published on 4th January 2021. Expression of Interest (EOI) EOI Family Hubs Evaluation Innovation Fund FINAL.docx Expression of Interest Form (EOI) for completion EOI form 2020.doc Further Information - Market Warming Event Document Market warming presentation FINAL.pdf Market Warming Event Q&A Market warming - Q and A.pdf Q&A's as of January 2021 QA as of 4th January - Family Hubs Evaluation fund EOI.pdf Redacted Contract REDACTED CONTRACT - DfE and Ecorys Ltd - Family Hubs Evaluation Innovation Fund.pdf

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