Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c71-e21f-7330-9a92-f7e5c04b58e1/con-12008-architect-support-services awarded GB restricted procedure # con\_12008 Architect Support Services [Department for Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) Estimated value £1,015,560 Published 22 Oct 2021 Deadline Closed 7 Apr 2021 ## About this tender This is a contract award notice for an architectural consultancy service primarily for the provision of specialist, technical and design advice regarding Secure Children's Homes (SCHs). Secure Children's Homes (SCHs) provide care and accommodation for young people who have been placed by Local Authorities (LAs) in secure accommodation orders (Section 25 of the Children Act 1989) for their welfare and protection, or who have been placed under criminal justice legislation by the Youth Custody Service (YCS). SCHs provide services for children aged between 10-17. The smallest SCH currently has 7 beds and the largest has 38 beds. All SCHs must have suitable education provision on site that meets the requirements of the national curriculum. The consultancy service is primarily for the provision of specialist, technical and design advice to the Looked After Children's (LAC) Division of the Department for Education (DfE) in relation to SCH accommodation and associated capital projects, particularly those which may be eligible for grant funding support from the DfE. The Consultants shall also provide advice on building and design standards to the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) where this is essential to support decisions on the suitability and licensing of SCH premises, including new builds, and to the SCHs themselves, their LA / non-LA providers and the technical advisers they separately employ. Read full description ## CPV classification Project management consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/673f29d2-3e38-4dd6-9339-28ee5bcd72b0) 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 [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) [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) [IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – L-Bank - Europaweite Vergabe einer KI-gestützten Lösung zur Verarbeitung von Elterngeldanträgen und Nachweisen im Verhandlungsverfahren mit Teilnahmewettbewerb nach VgV · Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg - Förderbank - (L-Bank) · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-95b1-7144-aa3a-6e4de7a75864/germany-it-services-consulting-software-development-internet-and-support)