Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c71-4500-7020-94ab-4902ce424cac/local-authority-grant-funding-to-support-the-care-of-unaccompanied-asylum-seekin

awarded GB open procedure

# Local Authority Grant funding to support the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and former unaccompanied asylum seeking children who are now care leavers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

[Department for Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education)

Estimated value

£5,612,727

Published

30 Mar 2021

Deadline

Closed

18 Dec 2020

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

A total of £5,612,727.91 grant funding will be allocated to 56 local authorities in 2021.

The Fund is for spend incurred no earlier than 1 June 2020 and no later than 20 November 2020 and for up to three months of costs only. Spend must either have been incurred in order to meet public health requirements relating to unaccompanied asylum seeking children, including the border health measures introduced on 8 June, or to meet increased costs of caring for unaccompanied asylum seeking children and former unaccompanied children who are now care leavers as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19). The latter includes costs incurred for this cohort as a result of wider pressures on services during the pandemic and costs incurred as a result of caring for children received through the National Transfer Scheme (NTS) in response to the urgent situation on the south coast.

## CPV classification

Health and social work services

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/629eba55-0a5b-41ea-ad6e-6f7b389ac3ae)

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