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National Workload Action Group secretariat and lead delivery partner on best practice guidance for retention and agency

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

16 Aug 2023 at 09:19

Tender

03 Apr 2023 at 13:13

Planning

16 Dec 2022 at 11:47

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education has completed the procurement process for acquiring services related to health and social work services. The title of the tender is "National Workload Action Group secretariat and lead delivery partner on best practice guidance for retention and agency." The procurement is aimed at delivering solutions for child and family social work, including a secretariat role, tools and resources for social worker retention, and engagement of agency social workers. The contract with a value of £1,010,368 was signed on 27th July 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services sector to engage with the Department for Education and contribute to solutions for social worker retention challenges. Suitable organisations with expertise in child and family social work, sector and practice experts, and experience in delivering tools and resources for social worker retention and agency engagement are well-suited to compete in this procurement.

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Notice Title

National Workload Action Group secretariat and lead delivery partner on best practice guidance for retention and agency

Notice Description

Following an open procurement, the Department for Education has appointed a suitably experienced organisation to deliver the following objectives relating to child and family social work: 1) To deliver solutions recommended by the National Workload Action Group (NWAG)and provide a secretariat role for the group 2) produce tools and resources to support Local Authorities with social worker retention; and 3) produce tools and resources to support Local Authorities in the engagement of agency social workers. The NWAG is made up of sector and practice experts and seeks to identify and recommend solutions to reduce unnecessary workload drivers for child and family social workers so that child and family social workers have enough time to spend working directly with children and families.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The supplier will be responsible for delivering solutions recommended by the NWAG (either by procuring 3rd parties or performing the work directly). As part of this work the supplier will deliver a secretariat role to convene and manage the NWAG as an impartial adjudicator. In addition to the work of the NWAG, the same supplier is required to: - collate and/or produce tools and resources on areas that impact social worker retention to complement the Social Worker Employer Standards Health Check, areas include wellbeing, supervision and effective workforce planning systems; and - produce tools/resources to support Local Authorities to engage agency social workers effectively and collaboratively (including, subject to consultation, to support local authorities to comply with proposed national rules on engaging agency social work resource).

Renewal: The contractual term is set to expire in March 2025 with a possible extension of up to a further 24 months. The Buyer is expecting all deliverables to be delivered by March 2025 and any extension will be on a reduced scope and reduced cost to primarily allow the supplier to maintain / survey / improve the success of the resources only.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0391df
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023982-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

85000000 - Health and social work services

85310000 - Social work services

85320000 - Social services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,083,333 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,083,333 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,010,368 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Aug 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
23 May 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
28 Feb 2023Expired
Award Date
26 Jul 20232 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
jess.roberts@education.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 12345678

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
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

DARTINGTON HALL TRADING AS RESEARCH IN PRACTICE

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