Notice Information
Notice Title
Agency Social Workers
Notice Description
Agency staff social workers
Lot Information
Lot 1
Agency children's social workers x 4
Options: Extension available, based on needs at the end of the current contract
Procurement Information
This contract is for the provision of a social work team of 4 agency workers. The usual avenues of recruitment of agency workers have not been successful. This contract is required urgently in order for the Trust to meet its statutory responsibilities in the protection of Children. The Public Procurement Note 01/21, published Feb 2021 allows direct award of contracts where the following have been met and documented: * Genuine reason for extreme urgency - in this case, increased referrals resulting from Covid19 and usual recruitment avenues not being successful * The events leading to the urgency were unforeseeable - in this case, Covid19 * It is impossible to comply with the usual timescales (i.e. run a tender) - in this case, the Trust required social workers urgently in order to meet statutory responsibilities. * The situation is not attributable to the contracting authority - in this case Covid19 was unforeseeable and despite best efforts, the Trust have not been able to recruit to these positions
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02973a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004050-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £164,320 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Mar 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Feb 20215 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DONCASTER CHILDREN'S SERVICES TRUST LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Anna White
- Contact Email
- anna.white@dcstrust.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1302736493
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DONCASTER
- Postcode
- DN1 1ER
- Post Town
- Doncaster
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE35 Doncaster
- Delivery Location
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Doncaster
- Electoral Ward
- Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Doncaster Central
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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