Family Finding Preliminary Market Engagement Tender - 142687615

Procurement Summary

Country: United Kingdom

Summary: Family Finding Preliminary Market Engagement Notice

Deadline: 11 Jun 2026

Posting Date: 05 Jun 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 142687615

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Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

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The Enduring Relationships (ER) programme announced 4 June, will reform the children's social care system, by putting loving relationships at the heart of it. As part of this announcement, a national rollout of Family Finding has been announced. Family Finding (FF) programmes aim to ensure that children in care and young people leaving care have a positive, lasting support network of family and trusted adults throughout their lives. FF is focused on supporting children and young people in care to reconnect to loved ones and build a network of familial/close support. Previously, the Department for Education has run a Family Finding, Befriending and Mentoring (FFBM) programme, with FF funding provided for participating Local Authorities via grant funding between December 2023 until September 2026. The FFBM evaluation has shown that FF programmes created a statistically significant impact of an average of an additional 1.8 connections for participants, and demonstrates improvements in stability, wellbeing, and long-term outcomes; we want to continue this work by rolling out a FF programme on a larger scale. The Department seeks to procure a provider to deliver and embed a Family Finding (FF) model in eligible local authorities (LAs). The provider will provide leadership, training, technical support, and quality assurance to enable local authorities to embed FF sustainably. The provider will: • Have extensive knowledge of an FF model and experience of delivering a FF programme i...

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