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title: "Recruitment and Management of Childrens Agency Social Workers"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02cad3"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SANDWELL CHILDRENS TRUST"
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# Recruitment and Management of Childrens Agency Social Workers

Buyer: SANDWELL CHILDRENS TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02cad3

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## Summary

The Sandwell Children's Trust is currently engaged in a public procurement process for the "Recruitment and Management of Children's Agency Social Workers". This tender, classified under recruitment services, aims to stabilise the workforce and build sustainable capacity in social care. The procurement method is an open procedure, and the contract, valued at £20 million, is set to begin following the expiry of an existing framework. The current tender period ended on 20 August 2021, with a duration of 900 days for the active lot. All activities related to this tender are located in the Oldbury region, United Kingdom.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses that specialise in recruitment services, particularly those focused on social work and related fields. Companies capable of supplying qualified children's agency social workers will be particularly well-positioned to compete, especially given the acknowledged challenges in recruiting experienced candidates in this sector. The involvement of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is crucial, as evidenced by the six bids received from such businesses. This presents an ideal chance for growth in a market that requires flexible staffing solutions to meet changing demand in social care.

## Notice

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. 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. Following authorisation of the Trust Board it was agreed to commence a procurement process for a new MVMSP to recruit Children's Agency Social Workers, to begin at the expiry of existing MVMSP

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028117-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Nov 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Aug 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 9 Nov 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £20,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £12,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SANDWELL CHILDRENS TRUST |
| Locality | OLDBURY |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B69 3DL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG37 Sandwell |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| Electoral ward | Oldbury |
| Westminster constituency | West Bromwich |
| Delivery location | TLG37 Sandwell |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HCL WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 79600000 - Recruitment services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 85320000 - Social services

## Release History

- 10 Nov 2021 at 09:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028117-2021
- 21 Jul 2021 at 14:36 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017253-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.sandwell.gov.uk
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- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

## Provenance

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