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    ContractsDelivery Partner for Regional Care Cooperatives and Fostering Hubs
    Awarded contract

    Delivery Partner for Regional Care Cooperatives and Fostering Hubs

    Awarded
    £2.9m
    Published 13 Jul 2026

    Delivery Partner needed to support the establishment of Regional Care Cooperatives and expand Fostering Hubs across Local Authorities to improve child care provision and foster carer recruitment.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· LondonPublished 13 Jul 2026· 1 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £2.9m
    Published 13 Jul 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £2,886,525
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Professional Services
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      London

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • MV
      MUTUAL VENTURES
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 1 months ago.

    13 July 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    The Department for Education is seeking a Delivery Partner to support the establishment and operation of five new Regional Care Cooperatives (RCCs) and expand the Fostering Recruitment and Retention Programme across approximately 100 participating Local Authorities (LAs). The successful organisation will provide expert coaching, facilitation, and technical support to guide regions through the RCC staged progression model (Foundation and Development phases), including diagnostics, governance, sufficiency strategy co-design, market shaping, and adoption of national data standards. Concurrently, the Delivery Partner will enhance Fostering Hubs to manage end-to-end recruitment and approval processes for foster carers, with support spanning performance monitoring, change management, stakeholder engagement, and social worker practice model development. The role requires building long-term capability within hubs, ensuring strategic alignment between RCCs and Fostering Hubs, and supporting integration across the system. This contract contributes to the Department's goal of securing homes for 10,000 additional children by 2029 and realising the vision of every local authority being part of an RCC.

    Track record

    15 awards · 14 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In professional services, DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION has awarded 15 contracts to 14 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Rachel Kershaw Consultancy Services2× · 13%
    2. Careerminds UK Limited1× · 7%
    3. The Sea View Trust1× · 7%
    4. HH ASSOCIATES LIMITED1× · 7%
    5. PAM WELLBEING LIMITED1× · 7%
    6. YME Consulting1× · 7%

    +8 more suppliers

    Across professional services, the most active winners are REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED, KPMG LLP, Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06764c
    DF
    Buyer
    DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
    Sector
    Professional Services