# Educational Book Parcels for Children in Care to the Leicestershire Virtual School

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Leicestershire County Council](/buyers/leicestershire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: BookTrust
- Award value: £48,000
- Tender value: £48,000
- Award date: 7 November 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 January 2017
- Contract end: 31 December 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4ae2c93c-d6ec-4bfb-8976-b72fff4750f4-114944
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6a34a17f-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The Virtual School requires children to receive quality book parcels which contain a range of quality reading materials, stationery, games, maths activities and other material to support learning opportunities, once a month from May to October, to improve reading and educational engagement\. Books need to be sensitively chosen to meet the needs of this vulnerable group\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4ae2c93c-d6ec-4bfb-8976-b72fff4750f4-114944)