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title: "For the Design and Delivery of a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work Programme (Step Up to Social Work)"
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# For the Design and Delivery of a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work Programme (Step Up to Social Work)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/for-the-design-and-delivery-of-a-post-graduate-diploma-in-social-work-programme-step-up-to-ocds-h6vhtk-02ce28). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Somerset Council: "For the Design and Delivery of a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work Programme (Step Up to Social Work)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Somerset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-council-ons-e06000066)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services, Higher education services, Specialist training services, Vocational training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £609,060 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ce28`

## Before you bid
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- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/for-the-design-and-delivery-of-a-post-graduate-diploma-in-social-work-programme-step-up-to-ocds-h6vhtk-02ce28#tl-md)

## Description
'Step Up to Social Work' is a DfE funded initiative with 6 previous national cohorts of students having been taken through the programme at Masters level. Cohort 7, due to commence in January 2022 will be the fourth cohort to be made available in the South West region, delivering at Post Graduate Diploma level. However, we anticipate that successful Higher Education Institution(s) (HEI(s)) will offer a self-funding pathway through to a full MA, should students wish to progress. This Contract is being procured on behalf of the following organisations.
• Somerset County Council (lead authority)
• South Gloucestershire Council
• Bath and North East Somerset Council
• Swindon Borough Council
• North Somerset Council
• Bristol City Council
• Devon County Council
• Plymouth City Council
• Torbay Council
• Cornwall Council

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80300000, 80510000, 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** In summary, the overall programme will cover and be mapped to the following;
• The bespoke programme should provide the necessary academic, taught and practice based social work education to practise as a Social Work England registered Social Worker ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 018106-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The University of the West of England, Bristol**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-173848`
  - Value: £609,060 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 018106-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £609,060
  - Signed Date: 09/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018106-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-29T14:25:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T21:31:32.932Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ce28