# Contract for administration, development and delivery of the Child Sexual Exploitation Response Unit

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: National Working Group Network
- Award value: £247,500
- Award date: 1 February 2017
- Published: 22 January 2018
- Contract start: 1 April 2017
- Contract end: 30 September 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d1e6df91-4425-48e3-aaef-f60dc4468667-192978
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e4b9ba7d-f52f-4739-bbfe-77f7f4a311c0

## Description

The Unit operates nationally and independently of government, providing advice and coordinating bespoke support to local authorities when child sexual exploitation is a particular concern and in response to a high number of cases\. This ensures that specialist professionals in social work, law enforcement, and health are available to be deployed when they are needed anywhere in the country, for example following inspection, high levels of whistleblowing or needs self-identified by an area\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d1e6df91-4425-48e3-aaef-f60dc4468667-192978)