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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT FOR NEW SERVICE CALLED ENABLING FAMILY TIME – FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT – SHORT DEADLINE
2. Awarding Authority: Cafcass, Ministry of Justice (MoJ), New Enterprise House, St Helens Street, Derby, GB, DE1 3GY. Tel: 07867656529. Email: jane.bate@cafcass.gov.uk. (Jane Bate)
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The Awarding Authority is seeking suppliers that are interested in delivering a service for families in Private Law family court proceedings. Cafcass requires suppliers to hold NACCC Enhanced accreditation and Cyber Essentials certification to be able to deliver this service.
Cafcass commissions the delivery of services for families in private family law proceedings in the specified location on behalf of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). One of these services, the Improving Child and Family Arrangements (ICFA) service, is coming to an end in 2026 and being replaced with a new service which is likely to be called Enabling Family Time.
For every child in private law family court proceedings, whose current and future living arrangements are decided by the family courts, a Cafcass Family Court Adviser (FCA) or Guardian advises the family courts about what is safe for children and in their best interests. The FCA/Guardian focuses on the children’s needs, wishes and feelings, making sure that children’s voices are heard and are at the heart of the family court’s thinking and decision making. FCAs/Guardians may refer to the Enabling Family Time service, following their suitability assessment.
Enabling Family Time is being designed to focus on establishing/re-establishing family time between children and their parents/carers by offering up to three (3) family time sessions, following an FCA’s suitability assessment. The service is aligned to the Pathfinder project and will be guided by the Cafcass Child Impact Assessment Framework (CIAF) and the needs of children and families.
We would like to invite all interested providers to our online pre-market engagement session where we will provide more details on the service’s timescales and engage with you about the commissioning and delivery model. We would welcome up to 3 people from one organisation.
Engagement process description
Cafcass would like potential partners to express their interest in premarket engagement before 1pm on 17 November 2025 by sending a confirmation message via our e-sourcing platform (Pro Contract) Opportunities
Please include the following detail in your message: –
Company/organisation name.
Short introduction about your organisation (up to 2 paragraphs)
Quoting Reference – Premarket engagement Cafcass reference CAF592-25
Full name full name of attendee’s (maximum of 3 per organisation)
Contact details (E-mails and phone numbers).
If you do have an account with Pro Contract, please register on Pro Contract system to create an account. If you have problems registering, please contact.
Tel: +44 (0)1937 545 070
Email: info@proactis.com
Premarket engagement session
Date: Thursday 20 November 13:00-14:30 on Teams
Upon receipt of your email expressing interest in attending the pre-market event a team link will be sent to all attendees via the Pro Contract system.
If you have any other questions or queries, please ensure these are submitted via Pro Contract.
5. CPV Code(s): 85000000, 85310000
6. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI3, UKI32, UKD, UKJ, UKF, UKC, UKH, UKE, UKK, UKG
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Region(s) of supply North West (England)
South East (England)
East Midlands (England)
North East (England)
East of England
London
Yorkshire and the Humber
South West (England)
West Midlands (England)
England
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Opportunity Id DN796123
reference CAF592-25
9. Estimated value of requirement: Estimated value: £2,500,000.00 GBP
10. Expression of interest end date 17.11.2025 (13:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:
12. Other information: Keywords Social Care, Child Contact, Children and Families, Courts
Key dates
Estimated contract dates
Start date 01/05/2026
End date 30/04/2029
TKR-2025116-EX-1859650