# Children's Services Commissioner

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: iPeople Solutions Limited
- Award value: £30,240
- Tender value: £40,320
- Award date: 9 March 2017
- Published: 13 March 2017
- Contract start: 10 March 2017
- Contract end: 9 June 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ab154616-2fe1-45e7-9a4e-15807ba14e02-135274
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-75d2b05a-a32e-4319-b770-3ca7d972a4e2

## Description

The Department for Education \(DfE\) is responsible for supporting improvement in local authorities, through government intervention in response to failure or weakness in the provision of children's social care services\. This is done in part through drawing down external expertise, from various sectors, to support local authorities in these circumstances\. Where Ofsted finds systemic or persistent failure by a local authority to provide adequate children's services, the Department initiates steps to secure improvement, with a presumption that this will best be achieved by removing the service from council control\. An independent Children's Services Commissioner is appointed by the Secretary of State for Education to test this presumption, reporting to Ministers on their findings within 3 months\. The Department now wishes to appoint a Commissioner to undertake such a review in Worcestershire County Council\. The Commissioner will play a high profile role in a challenging political and delivery environment\. They will bring their extensive and proven skills in children's social care transformation to delivering a robust assessment as to how improvements to services for the most vulnerable children can best be secured within the local context\. In doing so they will set expectations for how services can best be delivered outside of council control, leading and brokering relationships with senior council leaders and their partner organisations\. Alongside this, they will direct work to secure urgent improvements to ensure that children in the Authority are safe\. Additional information: The contract value will be up to maximum of £40,320 inc VAT\. Deadline for receipt of tender is 9am on Thursday 9 February 2017\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ab154616-2fe1-45e7-9a4e-15807ba14e02-135274)