--- title: "Social Work Workforce Division Supplier Engagement" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-5396879a-e537-4387-a7df-76500568d357" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-5396879a-e537-4387-a7df-76500568d357" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-5396879a-e537-4387-a7df-76500568d357.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-5396879a-e537-4387-a7df-76500568d357.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2023-09-20" --- # Social Work Workforce Division Supplier Engagement Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5396879a-e537-4387-a7df-76500568d357 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-5396879a-e537-4387-a7df-76500568d357) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-5396879a-e537-4387-a7df-76500568d357.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is preparing a project titled "Social Work Workforce Division Supplier Engagement" within the Education and training services industry category. This procurement opportunity is currently in the planning stage, with an engagement end date set for March 31, 2024. As part of the process, an initial Supplier Engagement Event will take place on October 3, 2023. Interested organisations will have the opportunity to provide feedback and insight on the department's commercial activities. The event aims to gather information on barriers to bidding, ways to enhance tender processes, and previous experiences of working with the division. A questionnaire will be available from October 3 to October 20 for further input. This project intends to shape the department's commercial approach, with plans for an in-person networking event for suppliers in early 2024. This tender presents an opportunity for organisations interested in social work and related services to engage with the Department for Education. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are particularly encouraged to participate. The Supplier Engagement Event and questionnaire offer a chance for businesses to provide valuable feedback, potentially influencing future tender processes and commercial activities within the Social Work Workforce Division. By actively engaging in this process, organisations can position themselves for future collaboration and business growth opportunities within the education sector. ## Notice **This notice does not relate to a procurement opportunity** Social Work Workforce (SWW) Division sits within the Children's Social Care Directorate at the Department for Education. We currently deliver a suite of workforce programmes spanning across initial education, continuous professional development and children's services leadership. Over the coming months, we are undertaking a project to further understand our market for the purposes of continuing to deliver high quality and impactful programmes to the sector, covering topics such as embedding social value, divisional strategic priorities and wider commercial principles. To commence this project, we are first inviting insight and feedback from all organisations who are interested in our division's commercial activity. This may include those who have previously attended a market engagement event, considered or submitted a tender for a SWW programme contract. Initially, we would like to better understand any barriers to bidding, opportunities as to how the Department could improve its tender processes and previous organisations' experiences of working with our division, in either considering or submitting a tender. An initial Supplier Engagement Event will be held on Tuesday 3rd October from 12.30 - 1pm. This event is open to all organisations , whether or not they have engaged with the Department previously. In this session, we will introduce the project team, provide an overview of the objectives of this project, and clarify the initial themes we are seeking feedback on in our initial supplier questionnaire which will be launched shortly after the event. The questionnaire will be open for responses from Tuesday 3rd October until Friday 20th October and will be made available after the event via Jaggaer. Over the coming months, we will use this information to shape our division's approach to our commercial work. We anticipate hosting an in person information and networking event for suppliers in early 2024. Further details of this will be circulated at a later date. How to engage To register your interest to participate in our supplier engagement activity, you will need to be registered as a supplier on the DfE Jaggaer eTendering portal, available at https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Once registered the information will be accessible via the 'View Opportunities' link on the Homepage. Select the Opportunity Notice for Social Work Workforce Division Supplier Engagement. This will be an online event hosted on Microsoft Teams. To book a place, please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dfe-social-work-workforce-supplier-engagement-event-tickets-719796299107?aff=oddtdtcreator. If you cannot attend the Supplier Engagement Event, we would welcome your comments/questions via the questionnaire. Please use the Jaggaer e-procurement system https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html to submit any additional questions you may have about this project. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a179b19-a49c-49b5-b73d-287aa68523ed | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 20 Sep 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Mar 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | 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 | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85300000 - Social work and related services - 85310000 - Social work services - 85320000 - Social services ## Release History - 20 Sep 2023 at 15:59 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a179b19-a49c-49b5-b73d-287aa68523ed ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a179b19-a49c-49b5-b73d-287aa68523ed 20th September 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dfe-social-work-workforce-supplier-engagement-event-tickets-719796299107?aff=oddtdtcreator ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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