How to win: Tender for Community Family Help Service for Children and Families in Herefordshire

About this contract

Herefordshire Council is seeking to appoint a single provider to deliver a countywide Community Family Help Service for children, young people and families with multiple and/or complex needs who require Family Help support. The Service will provide targeted, relationship-based, whole-family interventions that promote resilience, improve outcomes for children and help prevent escalation into statutory services. The successful Provider will act as a key delivery partner within Herefordshire's Family Help model, providing Family Help Lead Practitioners, coordinating multi-agency support, undertaking Family Help assessments and plans, and working closely with statutory, community and voluntary sector organisations. The Service will support a minimum of 150 Family Help referrals and 30 Reducing Parental Conflict cases per annum and will include the delivery of partnership training to strengthen local practice. The contract is expected to commence on 1 February 2027, with an initial mobilisation and implementation period prior to service commencement on 1 April 2027. The initial contract term will be three years, with an option to extend for up to a further two years. The procurement is

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Herefordshire Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £3,200,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
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• ✓Start early: it closes 17 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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