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title: "DHSC Administrative Support for The Principal Social Workers’ Network"
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# DHSC Administrative Support for The Principal Social Workers’ Network

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dhsc-administrative-support-for-the-principal-social-workers-network-ocds-h6vhtk-02cb16). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department of Health & Social Care: "DHSC Administrative Support for The Principal Social Workers’ Network". Published status: complete. Published Value: £188,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Aug 2021, 10:00 BST. Published submission portal: health.atamis.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department of Health & Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-health-social-care-gov-d12)
- **Published Value:** £188,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 August 2021 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £187,600 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02cb16`

## 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/dhsc-administrative-support-for-the-principal-social-workers-network-ocds-h6vhtk-02cb16#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health.atamis.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealth.atamis.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dhsc-administrative-support-for-the-principal-social-workers-network-ocds-h6vhtk-02cb16#participate

## Description
For the provision and delivery of Administrative Support to the Principal Social Workers Network.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £188,000
- **Description:** he Department of Health and Social Care has undertaken a procurement exercise to source a provider to deliver the Administrative Support to the Principal Social Workers Network.The intended tender exercise was performed through the online application...
- **Contract Period:** 05/10/2021 to 05/10/2023

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 025319-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Research in practice**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-158669`
  - Value: £187,600 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 025319-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £187,600
  - Signed Date: 28/09/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025319-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-11T09:04:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T05:43:14.269Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02cb16