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National Workload Action Group secretariat and lead delivery partner on best practice guidance for retention and agency

Education and training services
Health and social work services
Social services
+1 more
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Education: "National Workload Action Group secretariat and lead delivery partner on best practice guidance for retention and agency". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for EducationScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Department for Education. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
49.6Bids / Report
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 368 active published awards; 352 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Education
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
Last source update16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEducation and training services, Health and social work services, Social services, Social work services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0391df
What is being bought
Following an open procurement, the Department for Education has appointed a suitably experienced organisation to deliver the following objectives relating to child and family social work: 1) To deliver solutions recommended by the National Workload Action Group (NWAG)and provide a secretariat role for the group 2) produce tools and resources to support Local Authorities with social worker retention; and 3) produce tools and resources to support Local Authorities in the engagement of agency social workers. The NWAG is made up of sector and practice experts and seeks to identify and recommend solutions to reduce unnecessary workload drivers for child and family social workers so that child and family social workers have enough time to spend working directly with children and families.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
  6. Published value updated to £1,083,333
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
  7. Status changed to active
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
  8. Official notice release published
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
  9. Submission deadline changed to 23 May 2023, 17:00 BST
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
  10. Buyer information updated
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
  11. Published value updated to £1,300,000
    16 Dec 2022, 11:47 GMT
  12. Status changed to planned
    16 Dec 2022, 11:47 GMT
  13. Official notice release published
    16 Dec 2022, 11:47 GMT
  14. Buyer information updated
    16 Dec 2022, 11:47 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The supplier will be responsible for delivering solutions recommended by the NWAG (either by procuring 3rd parties or performing the work directly). As part of this work the supplier will deliver a secretariat role to convene and manage the NWAG as an impartial adjudicator. In addition to the work of the NWAG, the same supplier is required to: - collate and/or produce tools and resources on areas that impact social worker retention to complement the Social Worker Employer Standards Health Check, areas include wellbeing, supervision and effective workforce planning systems; and - produce tools/resources to support Local Authorities to engage agency social workers effectively and collaboratively (including, subject to consultation, to support local authorities to comply with proposed national rules on engaging agency social work resource).
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 27 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST · £1,010,368
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Dartington Hall trading as Research in Practice
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
National Workload Action Group Secretariat and Lead Delivery Partner on Social Worker Retention and Agency Resources
£1,010,368 · signed 27 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 5 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Education

Contracting authority GB-FTS-165
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  • Department for Education
    buyer

    Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BT
    Jess.ROBERTS@education.gov.uk

  • Dartington Hall trading as Research in Practice
    supplier

    The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL, registered company number: 1485560, registered charity number: 279756, Devon, UK

  • High Court of Justice
    reviewBody

    The Strands London WC2A 2LL, London, SW1P 3BT
    jess.roberts@education.gov.uk
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