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title: "Delivery of Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work"
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# Delivery of Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/delivery-of-postgraduate-diploma-in-social-work-ocds-h6vhtk-029854). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Salford City Council: "Delivery of Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Apr 2021, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Salford City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/salford-city-council-ons-e08000006)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 April 2021 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult-education services at university level
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £307,200 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029854`

## 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/delivery-of-postgraduate-diploma-in-social-work-ocds-h6vhtk-029854#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Df07bd762-3a7b-eb11-810a-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/delivery-of-postgraduate-diploma-in-social-work-ocds-h6vhtk-029854#participate

## Description
The Greater Manchester Regional Partnership for Step Up to Social Work was formed in 2009/10 when a pilot initiative was announced – originally by the Childrens Workforce Development Council and since March 2011, the Department for Education (DfE). The partnership is made up of a number of Local Authorities in the Greater Manchester region. For Cohort 7, the partner authorities are Salford, Bury, Bolton, Manchester, Stockport, Wigan, Trafford, Tameside, Rochdale and Oldham. Salford City Council acts as Lead Agency for the partnership.
‘Step Up to Social Work’ is a DfE funded initiative with 6 cohorts of trainees having been taken through the programme at MA level. Cohort 7 will be delivered in 14 months, beginning January 2022, and will be delivered at Postgraduate Diploma level. However we anticipate the successful Higher Education Institution (HEI) will offer a self-funding pathway through to MA level on successful completion of the programme, should trainees wish to progress.
There will be an option to extend this contract for delivery of a further cohort (cohort 8) of the Step Up to Social Work programme.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2023

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 013474-2021-DN529817-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **University of Salford**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99796`
  - Value: £307,200 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 013474-2021-DN529817-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £307,200
  - Signed Date: 24/05/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013474-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-15T11:10:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T01:05:25.301Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029854