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    ContractsInnovation Support for Prototype Projects in Children and Young People Services
    Awarded contract

    Innovation Support for Prototype Projects in Children and Young People Services

    Awarded
    £154.5k
    Published 12 Jun 2026

    OPSI is funding innovation prototypes to develop practical solutions addressing child poverty, care costs, and service access barriers across the North West region.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· EnglandPublished 12 Jun 2026· 3 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £154.5k
    Published 12 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £154,540
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Social Care
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      England

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • TI
      This is Capacity
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 3 months ago.

    12 June 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    Children's services across the North West region are facing significant challenges including high child poverty rates (with Liverpool having the highest nationally), workforce shortages, and rising residential care costs. Over 100,000 children live in low-income households, and families struggle to access available support services, limiting life chances and wellbeing. The Office for Public Service Innovation (OPSI) is commissioning practical, resident-centred solutions to address these systemic pressures on an already strained system. This opportunity involves developing and testing implementable prototype solutions in partnership with local authorities and service providers. Capacity has been selected to lead this commission, which aims to identify scalable approaches that can be deployed across the region to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families. Suppliers and partners interested in contributing to solution development, prototyping, or implementation support should note this represents a significant investment in understanding what effective interventions could look like in practice.

    Track record

    5 awards · 5 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In professional services, LIVERPOOL CITY REGION COMBINED AUTHORITY has awarded 5 contracts to 5 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. SYSTRA1× · 20%
    2. This is Capacity1× · 20%
    3. CBRE1× · 20%
    4. DELOITTE LLP1× · 20%
    5. Cool Breeze Agency1× · 20%

    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-06b436
    LC
    Buyer
    LIVERPOOL CITY REGION COMBINED AUTHORITY
    Sector
    Social Care