Notice Information
Notice Title
Recruitment and Management of Children's Agency Social Workers
Notice Description
A key priority of the Trust's workforce strategy is to stabilise the workforce and build sustainable capacity for the future. A critical part of this is the Trust's ability to utilise Children's Agency Social Workers in an efficient and effective manner to meet any shortfalls in permanent staffing, and to deal with specific peaks in caseloads. The recruitment of children social workers is constantly challenging, with a shortage of sufficiently experienced candidates, a limited pipeline into the sector and it operates in a crowded geographical area. Within this it is acknowledged that agency workers play a critical part of the social care workforce to enable it to 'flex' to meet changing priorities and to fill resourcing gaps. In December 2019, the Trust applied the two-year extension option within the Agreement. Following a procurement process in 2021, an 18-month contract was awarded which expires at 31 May 2023.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03a184
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013883-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79600000 - Recruitment services
85300000 - Social work and related services
85310000 - Social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £21,250,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £12,000,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 May 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Feb 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 May 20233 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Jun 2023 - 30 Nov 2024 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Sandwell Childrens Trust
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- OLDBURY
- Postcode
- B69 3DL
- Postcode Area
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG37 Sandwell
- Delivery Location
- TLG37 Sandwell
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- Local Authority
- Sandwell
- Electoral Ward
- Oldbury
- Westminster Constituency
- West Bromwich
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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