Appointment of Essex County Council to Provide Children's Social Care Advisory Services to Birmingham and Sunderland
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION · Awarded contract
AwardedAppointment of Essex County Council to Provide Children's Social Care Advisory Services to Birmingham and Sunderland
Awarded 30 Sep 2017
Awarded30 Sep 2017
Value£44,625.00
SupplierEssex County Council
AgencyDEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryConsultancy & Legal
Ended 8y 1mo ago12mo term
Awarded 30 Sept 2017Expired 29 Sept 2018
About
The Department for Education awarded a contract to Essex County Council to appoint a small team of advisers to carry out operational and strategic reviews, improvements, support, and challenge in Birmingham City Council and Sunderland City Council (whose children's services are delivered by Together for Children Sunderland).
The advisers will provide independent oversight of progress against agreed improvement plans, supervise programmes of change, and in Sunderland, offer guidance and challenge to the Chair of TfC.
The contract value is £44,625.
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