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title: "Assessment and accreditation process for child and family social workers: Assessment content development."
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# Assessment and accreditation process for child and family social workers: Assessment content development.

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-06bcc719-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

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## Summary

The Department for Education is conducting a public procurement for the contract titled "Assessment and accreditation process for child and family social workers: Assessment content development." This contract, focused on the social work and related services sector, will develop content for the assessment and accreditation of child and family social workers as part of a reform programme aimed at achieving full assessment by 2020. The procurement method is open, allowing submissions for two distinct lots: one for development of knowledge questions and another for simulated and written assessment content. Key deadlines include the tender deadline of 23 September 2016, with the contract period commencing on 18 October 2016 and concluding on 31 March 2017.

This tender offers significant growth opportunities for businesses with expertise in creating educational and assessment materials, particularly those with experience in social work. Companies that specialise in developing assessment content, training programmes, and evaluations for social workers will be well-positioned to compete. Additionally, firms that can demonstrate their use of expert knowledge in the field of social work will add value to their bids and enhance their chances of success in this competitive procurement process.

## Notice

This contract refers to the development of phase 1 of the assessment and accreditation process child and family social workers including: content for knowledge-based assessment; content for simulated scenarios; and written exercises for simulated assessment. The services are in 2 lots: Contract 1: Development of Knowledge Questions Contract 2: Simulated and written assessment content development Tenders may be submitted for all lots. This contract supports the continued social work reform programme agreed by Ministers to achieve the ambition for all child and family social workers, supervisors and practice leaders to be assessed and accredited by 2020. The Chief Social Worker drafted the knowledge and skills statements for child and family frontline social workers, practice supervisors and practice leaders setting out what they should know and be able to do. Alongside this, the department has developed a rigorous assessment system, based on these statements for frontline and practice supervisors. The four stage assessment and accreditation system is likely to consist of: * Stage 1: direct practice observation by the employer - in the workplace over a period of time leading to the employer endorsement * Stage 2: an online assessment of knowledge * Stage 3: an observed interactive practice simulation in a controlled environment with independent examiners * Stage 4: a written assessment linked to the simulated observation. This contract refers to the development of content for stages 2, 3 and 4 It is an expectation of any bid that expert and professional item writers and experts in the field of social work are used in all aspects of the development work. The bid must include names and experience of all experts but forward in the bid. Additional information: The procurement documents are available for free of charge, upon request to Socialworkreform.SG@education.gsi.gov.uk. The email subject line must say: REQUEST FOR CONTENT DEVELOPMENT TENDER Tenders or requests to participate must be e-mailed to A&Acontent@education.gsi.gov.uk Indicative timetable: W/C 26 September 2016 Evaluation panels W/C 03 Oct 2016 Clarification interviews (if required) in London Friday 07 Oct - 17 Oct 2016 10 day standstill period Tuesday 18 Oct 2016 Contract fine tuning and award

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85e6a2c5-e7f1-4b3b-bc11-925369df28b7 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Feb 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Sep 2016 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Feb 2017 |
| Contract period | 6 Feb 2017 - 9 Feb 2018 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £275,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £421,110 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3BT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DELOITTE MCS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85300000 - Social work and related services

## Release History

- 19 Feb 2018 at 11:16 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85e6a2c5-e7f1-4b3b-bc11-925369df28b7
- 13 Apr 2017 at 12:34 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85e6a2c5-e7f1-4b3b-bc11-925369df28b7
- 18 Nov 2016 at 20:16 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d07b02c-62c4-4191-8b47-39be536f2e40

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85e6a2c5-e7f1-4b3b-bc11-925369df28b7
  19th February 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d07b02c-62c4-4191-8b47-39be536f2e40
  12th August 2016 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/218396ac-9ddf-4129-88a3-886dd2a01805
  Contract
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/1bfa8b58-71a9-453c-b9ec-bc4e097f0e90
  Variation to contract

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