Fostering Recruitment Digital Solutions
Buyer: Department for Education
- Published
- 21 May 2026
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 047368-2026
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06530c
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 85311300Welfare services for children and young people
Description
As announced in Renewing Fostering: homes for 10,000 more children, the Department for Education (DfE) is exploring how digital solutions can support the successful onboarding of prospective foster carers, to minimise drop-off points caused by delays in communication about progress and outcomes, and enable richer data on fostering recruitment through to approvals to support decision-making at a local and national level. To deliver on the ambitious plan, we have engaged with the market to seek the development of an end-to-end digital solution that can: • Provide clear expectations of a standardised recruitment process across data and operating expectations. • Enable the gathering of rich and consistent data on the Hub fostering recruitment process and pipeline, supporting effective data sharing between DfE, Hubs, local authorities and other relevant agencies, and helping to better target interventions and efforts where they are most needed. • Create platforms and infrastructure to allow prospective foster carers to make an application and manage it throughout the fostering application process, from initial enquiry to approval (this may include making contact with their fostering…
Official publications
- FTS · 047368-2026 · 21 May 2026
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