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Provision of Tier 2 Community Family Support Service

Staffordshire County Council
West Midlands
Open procedure
1 April 2025 to 31 March 2029

Commissioning of Tier 2 community family support services for children aged 0-19, extending to 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities. The service utilizes a lead worker model to build family resilience and independence, operating within the Staffordshire Safeguarding Childrens Board threshold. The contract is divided into multiple lots covering specialized support projects.

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Awarded value: £7.7m; As published
Published: 11 October 2024; Contracts Finder
Awarded: 11 February 2025; Malachi Specialist Family Support Services CIC, Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Support Project and The Stoke-on-Trent and District Gingerbread Centre Limited
Contract length: 48 months; Ends 31 March 2029

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of community-based family support services, including whole-family intervention and lead worker models for children and young people.

Category: Health and social work services

Lifecycle

Publishedon Contracts Finder
11 October 2024
Contract awardedto Malachi Specialist Family Support Services CIC, Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Support Project and The Stoke-on-Trent and District Gingerbread Centre Limited
11 February 2025
Contract starts
1 April 2025
Contract ends
31 March 2029

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How it compares

25× the typical early help contract (£301k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/288176/provision-of-tier-2-community-family-support-service
Buyer reference: IA3442
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-e78376b1-71b5-4bbf-a050-0a92b22f4c31
Source: Contracts Finder
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Staffordshire County Council. Provision of Tier 2 Community Family Support Service. Contract award, 11 October 2024. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/288176/provision-of-tier-2-community-family-support-service (accessed 12 October 2026).