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title: "Con_16490 Step Up to Social Work Programme (Cohort 8) - Administration Solution"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-033017"
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# Con_16490 Step Up to Social Work Programme (Cohort 8) - Administration Solution

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-033017

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## Summary

The Department for Education has awarded a contract for the Con_16490 Step Up to Social Work Programme (Cohort 8) – Administration Solution. The procurement involved health and social work services in the UK. The contract value is £1,025,049.98 GBP, with a contract expiry on 31st December 2024. The service includes IT systems and in-person support at assessment centres. Capita Resourcing Limited is the active supplier for this award.

The Step Up to Social Work Programme tender presents opportunities for businesses in recruitment services. The procurement method was selective with a restricted procedure. The Department for Education issued the tender and is the buying organisation. This opportunity could benefit businesses providing administrative support, IT services, and recruitment solutions. Interested businesses should align with the requirements for delivering a fully managed service for social work training programmes.

## Notice

This contract is for delivery of a fully managed service that performs administration of the assessment and recruitment support services to enable the national recruitment of candidates onto the Step-Up to Social Work programme. Notably, the service involves both IT systems and in person support at assessment centres. This Contract shall expire on 31st December 2024 unless the Contracting Authority elects to extend the Contract for a further cohort of the Step Up to Social Work Programme, in which case the Expiry Date for this Contract shall be 31st December 2025, and activity associated with the delivery of the service for cohort 9 will commence in October 2024. The contract includes an extension provision for 1 further cohort subject to satisfactory performance and a demonstration of future efficiencies. The total Contract Price for the Initial Contract Period is PS512,524.99 (excluding VAT). The total value set out in this notice includes the maximum value of the contract over 2 cohorts in the event that the contract extension is enacted, excluding the cost of administrators for assessment centres.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Step Up to Social Work training programme ("Step-Up") as delivered by Local Authorities ("LAs") in partnership with local Higher Education Institutions ("HEIs") was designed to deliver a consistent supply of high-quality social workers into the sector from wide ranging backgrounds. The rationale for Step-Up was, and continues to be, to expand the recruitment pool for social work while addressing deficiency in workforce quality and sufficiency. The Step-Up programme requires a fully managed service to be provided by the supplier to LAs within their Regional Partnerships. A summary of the required services is set out below: * Design, supply and hosting of an IT-based application data capture system to coordinate the assessment process and assessment centres across England; * Administrative support to Regional Partnerships, to assess application pool of c.8,000 - 10,000 applicants; * Staffing function at Regional Partnership assessment centres to recruit 700 trainees for the eighth cohort; * Quality assurance function on applications at all stages of the process; * Targeted Recruitment advice and support to minimise and remove any inequitable barriers candidates may face. Additional information: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034715-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Dec 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 29 Jun 2022 |
| Award date | 29 Nov 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £335,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,025,049 |

## Status

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

## 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 | CAPITA RESOURCING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79635000 - Assessment centre services for recruitment
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 7 Dec 2022 at 17:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034715-2022
- 25 Apr 2022 at 14:26 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010617-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://education.app.jaggaer.com/
- https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html

## Provenance

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