Welfare services for children and young people

Tender description

We are proposing to award a contract for a new tackling child exploitation response service, to operate from 2019, to support local areas in England in responding to multiple threats from outside the home and family environment that pose a risk of exploiting vulnerable children and young people. This procurement is being run through Bravo, the e-Procurement system for the department. Bidders will need to register with Bravo at https://education.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml The Department for Education is looking to fund a service from April 2019, for 3 years, to provide support local areas to build their capacity and capability to respond effectively to safeguarding challenges to young people related to child sexual exploitation and other extra-familial threats. These threats include, but are not limited to, Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) including gangs and offending activity, county lines, trafficking and model slavery of children. The Department for Education wishes to engage a supplier to provide a resource that will support professionals and agencies in local areas in working together. The aim is to make sure that areas are equipped to respond effectively to risks and threats to their young people, both arising in their area as well as in other parts of the country linked by exploitation activity.