National Data Dashboard for Children's Social Care Placements

Title

National Data Dashboard for Children's Social Care Placements

Stage

award, contract

Buyer

Department for Education

Buyer id

GB-PPON-PDZG-3487-DPVD

Status

complete

Category

not on file

CPV

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CPV in words

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Estimated value

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Currency

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Released

2026-08-04T10:35:41+01:00

Tenders close

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Contract starts

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Contract ends

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Procedure

Direct award

Description

A three-year contract to extend, enhance, and scale nationally an existing children’s social care placements data dashboard, which is already operational and used by approximately 62 local authorities. Delivery will build upon the existing Social Finance platform infrastructure and will align with the rollout of Regional Care Cooperatives. The maximum contract value is £2,865,473 inclusive of irrecoverable VAT. The contract will fund the following services: - Operation and maintenance of the existing data platform as a secure, scalable software-as-a-service. - Phased onboarding of all local authorities in England onto the platform. - Development and delivery of expanded data collection capabilities. - Development of analytical dashboards for local authorities, Regional Care Cooperatives, DfE and Ofsted. - Provision of APIs and data access to support DfE and Ofsted use. - Preparatory work for integration with complementary needs assessment and benchmarking tools (e.g. CANS, BERRI, CareCubed), and for future forecasting and scenario modelling capabilities. - Work in connection with the transfer of intellectual property rights to DfE and long-term platform sustainability.

Open Contracting ID

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