Notice Information
Notice Title
Assessed and Supported Year in Employment
Notice Description
Current contract for Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) is due to expire at the end of March 2022.We are looking for a contractor who can build on the current strengths of the programme by improving quality assurance and supporting and challenging employers to make improvements to achieve a high-quality, nationally consistent ASYE offer for all Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) We expect the contractor to be the face of the child and family ASYE programme within the sector and provide meaningful support to employers and their employees involved in the delivery of the ASYE programme, including providing a best practice quality assurance framework for employers to quality assure their own provision, and other resources, tools and guidance that support a high-quality ASYE experience for NQSWs. The contractor will be expected to understand the user experience of ASYE and ensure that the voice of the NQSW is at the heart of any continuous development of the ASYE programme. The Department is holding a market engagement event on Thursday 19th August 2021 09:00 - 10:00 via Microsoft Teams to enable interested suppliers to * Get a clear understanding of the Department 's requirements for ASYE and timelines Register your wish to attend via Jaggaer. 1-2-1 sessions available to book on 1st September (PM), Thursday 2nd September, Friday 3rd September (PM). Please request via Jaggaer
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Department is holding a market engagement event on Thursday 19th August 2021 09:00 - 10:00 via Microsoft Teams to enable interested suppliers to * Get a clear understanding of the Department 's requirements for ASYE and timelines Register your wish to attend via Jaggaer. 1-2-1 sessions available to book on 1st September (PM), Thursday 2nd September, Friday 3rd September (PM). The procurement exercise is to award a single contract to deliver the funding and support for employers to deliver a comprehensive programme for NQSWs that is effective in providing support in their first year of practice and tailored to meet the needs of participants on the programme. This procurement seeks to deliver consistency of the ASYE programme across England. The programme needs to provide meaningful engagement with employers and NQSWs to continue to build on programme strengths and further the impact of improving the quality of social work practice and retention of child and family social workers from all backgrounds. The successful contractor will be required to develop and manage a system to administer payments to employers and associated registration and administration activity. This system should be capable of administering grant funding to employers in an efficient and effective manner and allow employers to register as providers of the ASYE programme. This includes allowing employers to register when individual social workers commence, transfer, withdraw or complete their ASYE. The system must also be capable of transitioning the current database of ASYE candidates and employers as part of any transition, and be capable of making payments to employers with current participants for whom payments are outstanding as at 31 March 2022. The successful contractor will be required to establish and build relationships with the sector and effectively communicate the requirements of the ASYE programme including details of how to participate, access funding and the responsibilities of each party. The successful contractor will also be required to identify and support employers to develop, implement and share best practice, including establishing a best practice quality assurance framework for the ASYE programme for employers to quality assure their own provision, and other resources, tools and guidance that support a high-quality ASYE experience for NQSWs. The contractor will be the public face of the ASYE in the sector and should be seen to be leading the drive for effective delivery. The contractor will be required to encourage and challenge employers to improve the support they are offering, so that all NQSWs get a consistently high standard of support regardless of their location. This development offer should enable every NQSW to complete their ASYE as a confident and competent practitioner, who meets the standards expected, as set out in the PQS for child and family social workers. Additional information: The Department is holding a market engagement event on Thursday 19th August 2021 09:00 - 10:00 via Microsoft Teams to enable interested suppliers to * Get a clear understanding of the Department 's requirements for ASYE and timelines Register your wish to attend via Jaggaer. 1-2-1 sessions available to book on 1st September (PM), Thursday 2nd September, Friday 3rd September (PM).
Renewal: Option to extend for up to a further two years
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02d4f7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019848-2021
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
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- CPV Codes
75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
80000000 - Education and training services
80400000 - Adult and other education services
80500000 - Training services
80510000 - Specialist training services
80521000 - Training programme services
80530000 - Vocational training services
85000000 - Health and social work services
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Aug 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Oct 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2024 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- dfe.asye@education.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 00000000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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