Independent Advice, Mediation, and Support for Foster Carers and Organisational Membership for Worcestershire Children First Fostering
Worcestershire County Council · Awarded contract
AwardedIndependent Advice, Mediation, and Support for Foster Carers and Organisational Membership for Worcestershire Children First Fostering
Awarded 01 Apr 2024
Awarded01 Apr 2024
Value£91,728.00
SupplierFosterTalk Ltd
RegionWest Midlands
CategoryPublic Services & Welfare
Expires in 5mo2y 12mo term, 87% elapsed
Awarded 1 Apr 2024Expires 31 Mar 2027
About
Worcestershire County Council awarded a contract to FosterTalk Ltd for independent information, advice, mediation, and support for foster carers, as well as organisational membership for Worcestershire Children First Fostering.
The contract, valued at £91,728, covers accessible services for approved foster carers, including case worker and legal advice and support for police interviews, and must accommodate fluctuations in the number of approved carers, such as temporary and foster-to-adopt carers.
Organisational membership benefits are provided for approximately 58 employed staff and 19 fostering panel members.
Similar open tenders12
TenderCloses
Short Breaks Services Framework for Children with Disabilities – Worcestershire County CouncilPublic Services & Welfare
16 Nov 2026
Short Breaks Services Framework Market Engagement – Worcestershire County CouncilPublic Services & Welfare
31 Dec 2027
Lancashire Flexible Agreement for Independent Fostering Agency PlacementsPublic Services & Welfare
04 May 2031
Community Family Help Service for Children and Families – Herefordshire CouncilPublic Services & Welfare
17 Nov 2026
Independent Visitor Service for Looked After Children and Young People (Ages 3–18) — SwanseaPublic Services & Welfare
04 Dec 2026
Barnsley Integrated Carers Support and Prevention Service for Adults (5-year contract)Public Services & Welfare
13 Nov 2026
Wiltshire Council Children's Homecare Flexible Framework – Home & Community Support for Children up to 18Public Services & Welfare
31 Mar 2027
Independent Advocacy Services for Children and Young People — Perth and Kinross CouncilPublic Services & Welfare
07 Dec 2026
Support and Services for Adult and Young Adult Carers – Wakefield District (Apr 2027–Mar 2029, up to Mar 2032)Public Services & Welfare
04 Dec 2026
Dynamic Purchasing System for Short Breaks and Domiciliary Home Care for Children with Disabilities in WorcestershireHealth & Medical
28 Feb 2027
Independent Visitors Service — Recruit and Match Volunteer Befrienders for Looked After Children in HackneyPublic Services & Welfare
09 Nov 2026
Appointment of Medical Advisors for Child Health Assessments – Cambridgeshire County CouncilHealth & Medical
18 Nov 2026
Other similar contracts12
Contract and supplierAwarded value
Provision of Inhouse Foster Parent Support Services for Wolverhampton City CouncilPublic Services & WelfareFosterTalk
$29,568
Provision of Independent Information, Advice, Mediation and Support for Foster CarersPublic Services & WelfareThe Fostering Network
$101,154
Advice and Mediation Services for Foster Carers by The Fostering NetworkPublic Services & WelfareThe Fostering Network
$163,000
Provision of Fostering Advice and Mediation Services for Warwickshire, Solihull, and CoventryPublic Services & WelfareTHE FOSTERING NETWORK
$188,061
Independent Support to Foster Carers for Portsmouth City CouncilPublic Services & WelfareFosterTalk
$0
Award of Independent Advice and Mediation Service for Foster Carers by Durham County CouncilPublic Services & WelfareThe Fostering Network
$32,800
Provision of Children's Fostering Advice and Mediation Service for Nottinghamshire County CouncilPublic Services & WelfareThe Fostering Network
$220,000
Advice and Mediation Services for Foster Carers by The Fostering NetworkPublic Services & WelfareThe Fostering Network
$50,500
Provision of Independent Advice and Mediation Services for Fostering ServicesPublic Services & WelfareTHE FOSTERING NETWORK
$135,000
Provision of Independent Fostering Mediation and Advice Service for Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County CouncilsPublic Services & WelfareThe Fostering Network
$240,000
Provision of Independent Support to Foster Carers for Hampshire County Council and Isle of Wight CouncilPublic Services & WelfareFosterTalk
$180,000
Award of Foster Carer Support Service to Foster Talk Ltd by Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole CouncilPublic Services & WelfareFoster Talk Ltd
$23,000
Unlock the full platform.
7 days free, then £36/GBP per month. Cancel anytime.
What you get
Find
Find public services and welfare tenders in West Midlands in one place.
We monitor central, devolved and local government portals in near real time and update the feed as tenders are published, so you check one place instead of many.
Search by keyword, or describe your workType a keyword, or switch to AI search and say what your business does.
Narrow it downFilter by category, region and area, or view open tenders on a map.
Independent Advice, Mediation, and Support for Foster Carers and Organisational Membership for Worcestershire Children First Fostering
Won by FosterTalk Ltd · Worcestershire County Council
£92Kawarded
Alerts
Open tenders like this contract, sent to you.
Tell us what you are looking for and we email you when a matching tender is published.
Set it up your wayUse keywords, a description of your work, a location or a distance from a postcode. Up to 10 alerts.
Instant or dailyGet an email when a match is published, or one summary a day.
GmailGovMarketto you
7:00 am2 new public services and welfare tenders
Short Breaks Services Framework for Children with Disabilities – Worcestershire County CouncilPublic Services & Welfare · Closes 16 Nov 2026
Short Breaks Services Framework Market Engagement – Worcestershire County CouncilPublic Services & Welfare · Closes 31 Dec 2027
From your alert: Public Services & Welfare
Assess
Size up a tender in minutes.
Before you open a single document, get the requirements, a likely value and who you would be up against.
Requirements from the documentsWho can bid, mandatory criteria, how it is scored, insurance and key dates, each with its source.
Value and competitionAn estimated value from similar awarded contracts, and the suppliers most likely to bid.
Key requirementsFrom 12 documents
Who can bidRegistered commercial cleaners
Mandatory criteriaPolice checks for staff on site
How it is scoredPrice 40%, experience 35%, method 25%
Insurance£20M public liability
Key datesSite visit 14 Oct, closes 28 Oct
Est. value£1.2M – £1.8M
Most likely bidderFacilities firm
Market
Follow FosterTalk Ltd and get alerts when they win again.
Awarded contracts with the supplier and the value, so you can check prices, spot competitors and find work that is coming back to tender.
Supplier and buyer profilesWhat each one has won or awarded, who they work with, and how that is changing.
Contracts ending soonTerms that finish in the next 12 months, which often go back out to tender.
E
Top suppliersEastmere Health ServiceBuyer · 38 contracts
£30.5Mawarded, 12 months
Halvern Facilities8 contracts£12.4M
Orrin Clinical5 contracts£9.1M
Tessel Cleaning Co11 contracts£6.8M
Wexby Linen14 contracts£2.2M
Pipeline
Track your bids from interested to won.
Save a tender in one click and move it through each stage as you work on it.
Work as a teamInvite colleagues so you work from the same list.
Take it with youExport tenders and matches to CSV.
Interested2
Preparing1
Submitted1
Won1
Grounds maintenance panelSaved to your pipeline
InterestedGovBot
Ask a question in plain English.
Find tenders, look up a supplier, or check who won a contract. Just type what you need.
Who wins public services and welfare contracts in West Midlands?
Top suppliers by awarded value
1
2
3
Ask about tenders, suppliers or public bodies
Get started
Get public services and welfare tenders in West Midlands by email.
Find the tender, size it up and track the bid, in one place.
7 days free, then £36/GBP per month
