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title: "Approved list of Independent Social workers and Expert Professionals"
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# Approved list of Independent Social workers and Expert Professionals

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/approved-list-of-independent-social-workers-and-expert-professionals-ocds-h6vhtk-031630). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Barnet: "Approved list of Independent Social workers and Expert Professionals". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: barnetsourcing.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Barnet](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-barnet-ons-e09000003)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 March 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services, Social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI71
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/approved-list-of-independent-social-workers-and-expert-professionals-ocds-h6vhtk-031630#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031630`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/approved-list-of-independent-social-workers-and-expert-professionals-ocds-h6vhtk-031630#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [barnetsourcing.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbarnetsourcing.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/approved-list-of-independent-social-workers-and-expert-professionals-ocds-h6vhtk-031630#participate

## Description
“Title: Approved List of Independent Social Workers (ISW) and Expert Professionals.
The London Borough of Barnet wishes to procure an approved list of ISWs, also commonly referred to as ‘Expert Professionals’. The London Borough of Barnet carry out a significant number of social care assessments over an extended period, many of which are kept in-house and objective, where possible. However, there is a need to have a network of external expert professionals that can deliver timely assessments and share expertise, upon request of the Family Court, whilst exercising impartiality. The Approved List includes the following types of assessments:
Psychiatric, psychological & cognitive assessments
Specialist risk and parenting / Parenting Assessments Manuals Software assessments
Special guardianship order (SGO) connected persons (CP) & viability assessments
Fostering assessments
Age assessments for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s assessments
Should you experience technical difficulties with the portal please contact support@curtisfitchglobal.com explaining these and that they relate to this opportunity.”/

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005386-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-28T10:56:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:24:45.530Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-031630