Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c5e-f9fc-7271-8f93-882e7f593a3e/dfe-sfpc-project-support-requirement awarded GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs # DFE SFPC Project Support Requirement [Department for Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) Estimated value £2,956,836 Published 3 Dec 2020 Deadline Closed 22 Nov 2019 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Department for Education is looking to tender a contract to an external organisation to provide high-quality, tailored support and expertise to local authorities involved in the Children's Social Care Strengthening Families, Protecting Children programme, to support the successful implementation of whole-system change to the way children's social care services are delivered in up to 20 councils. Background to the Strengthening Families, Protecting Children programme The Autumn Budget 2018 made available up to £84m over five years for the Children's Social Care Strengthening Families, Protecting Children (SFPC) programme. The purpose of this programme is to support up to 20 local authorities with high or rising demand for children's social care services to improve the support they offer to vulnerable children and their families. Through this, the programme aims to enable more children to stay at home thriving in stable family environments where it is safe for them to do so, and safely reduce the number of children entering care. The programme will do this by investing up to £84m over five years from April 2019 to support local authorities to adapt and adopt one of three projects developed by Leeds, Hertfordshire, or North Yorkshire. These three projects were funded in Round One of the Department for Education's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme. This programme, launched in 2014, looked to support innovative ideas to flourish, and better enable policy and practice to be driven by a strong evidence base of what works. All projects were independently evaluated. The three chosen projects for the SFPC programme (Leeds 'Family Valued', Hertfordshire 'Family Safeguarding', and North Yorkshire's 'No Wrong Door') all demonstrated the most promising evidence of safely managing demand at the more severe end of the children's social care spectrum. Read full description ## CPV classification Project management consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/c80fb1cd-11d2-48da-8307-e47155045e7b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Department for Education: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) [Sector More IT services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/it-services) ## More tenders like this [SONI090 – Client-Side Advisor · SONI Ltd · 32 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4736-72ba-9b73-0e325c4a96e5/soni090-client-side-advisor) [Software implementation services – DNS - Metada Platform - licence a související implementační, konzultační, analytické a školicí služby · DIAMO, státní podnik · 36 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-8989-719a-85fd-f036dc09b9df/czechia-software-implementation-services-dns-metada-platform-licence-a-s) [IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Integrale ICT-dienstverlening · Stichting TWijs · 42 days left · 30 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-8078-70d7-8df3-40f25f4d83c5/netherlands-it-services-consulting-software-development-internet-and-suppor) [Software supply services – CRE\_2026\_092 Renouvellement des licences Varonis · CREOS Luxembourg S.A. · 27 days left · 15 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-411c-7086-9da9-540c2fa32c64/luxembourg-software-supply-services-cre-2026-092-renouvellement-des-licences) [Software supply services – Vergabe zur Ablösung der bestehenden SAP-Lösung im Bereich Personal · Westfälische Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-0636-71ff-ab09-9dda4a94f77c/germany-software-supply-services-vergabe-zur-ablosung-der-bestehenden-sap-lo) [Computer facilities management services – IT-tjänster · Kalmar Läns Museum · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-8774-723e-83a8-af2cae60c2ed/sweden-computer-facilities-management-services-it-tjanster)