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title: "British Forces Social Work Services to Service Communities - Tender Notice"
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# British Forces Social Work Services to Service Communities - Tender Notice

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/british-forces-social-work-services-to-service-communities-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0582ab). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "British Forces Social Work Services to Service Communities - Tender Notice". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,867,500. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: contracts.mod.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Published Value:** £3,867,500 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 September 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work services
- **Delivery Location:** BN, BZ, CA, DE, KE, NP, US
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £3,467,500 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/british-forces-social-work-services-to-service-communities-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0582ab#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0582ab`

## 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/british-forces-social-work-services-to-service-communities-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0582ab#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contracts.mod.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontracts.mod.uk%2Fesop%2Fguest%2Fgo%2Fopportunity%2Fdetail%3FopportunityId%3D60158)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/british-forces-social-work-services-to-service-communities-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0582ab#participate

## Description
There is a requirement in MOD policy to promote and maintain the welfare of Service Personnel (SP) and of the Service Community. The provision of Social Work Service (SWS) is a significant contributor to this requirement. As far as possible, a SWS primarily seeks to replicate the elements of statutory social work provided by local authorities in the UK but to a range of overseas MOD settings.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85310000
- **Delivery regions:** BN, BZ, CA, DE, KE, NP, US
- **Delivery countries in notice:** BN, BZ, CA, DE, KE, NP, US
- **Estimated Value:** £3,867,500

- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2025 to 31/10/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** British Forces Social Work Services to Service Communities (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **POLARIS CHILDREN'S SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-143756`
  - Value: £3,467,500 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 02/10/2025

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **POLARIS CHILDREN'S SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-143756`
  - Value: £3,467,500 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,467,500
  - Signed Date: 01/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F046604-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-11T14:45:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:58:34.772Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0582ab