How to win: Support for Families with Disabled Children Programme.

About this contract

The Department for Education is considering the future delivery of the Support for Families with Disabled Children (SFDC) programme in England. SFDC provides financial support to low-income families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people, helping to address practical and financial barriers arising from disability or serious illness. Delivery of SFDC requires a provider capable of administering a national grant programme, managing public funds and maintaining appropriate safeguarding, information-security and fraud-prevention arrangements. The Department is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the development of the future delivery model and potential procurement. This includes understanding market capability and capacity to deliver a national programme; approaches to assessment and grant administration; ability to build trust and engage sympathetically and empathetically with families in challenging circumstances, partnership and supply-chain models; mobilisation requirements; and potential barriers to market participation. In parallel with this market engagement, the Department is progressing the governance and contractual arrangements

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• ✓Start early: it closes 30 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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