Notice Information
Notice Title
British Forces Social Work Services to Service Communities - Tender Notice
Notice Description
There is a requirement in MOD policy to promote and maintain the welfare of Service Personnel (SP) and of the Service Community. The provision of Social Work Service (SWS) is a significant contributor to this requirement. As far as possible, a SWS primarily seeks to replicate the elements of statutory social work provided by local authorities in the UK but to a range of overseas MOD settings.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: 2x1 year options periods
Renewal: 2x1 year options periods
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0582ab
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082073-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85310000 - Social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,867,500 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,867,500 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £3,467,500 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £3,467,500 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active, Pending
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ANDOVER
- Postcode
- SP11 8HT
- Post Town
- Salisbury
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ36 Central Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Test Valley
- Electoral Ward
- Andover Millway
- Westminster Constituency
- North West Hampshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082073-2025
11th December 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062044-2025
3rd October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046604-2025
6th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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