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

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-workload-action-group-secretariat-and-lead-delivery-partner-on-best-practice-guid-ocds-h6vhtk-0391df). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 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: £1,083,333. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 May 2023, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: education.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** £1,083,333 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 May 2023 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Health and social work services, Social services, Social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,010,368 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-workload-action-group-secretariat-and-lead-delivery-partner-on-best-practice-guid-ocds-h6vhtk-0391df#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0391df`

## 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/national-workload-action-group-secretariat-and-lead-delivery-partner-on-best-practice-guid-ocds-h6vhtk-0391df#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [education.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.app.jaggaer.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-workload-action-group-secretariat-and-lead-delivery-partner-on-best-practice-guid-ocds-h6vhtk-0391df#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85310000, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,083,333
- **Description:** 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 a...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** National Workload Action Group Secretariat and Lead Delivery Partner on Social Worker Retention and Agency Resources (active)
  - Award id: `023982-2023-con_21447-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Dartington Hall trading as Research in Practice**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-90312`
  - Value: £1,010,368 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** National Workload Action Group Secretariat and Lead Delivery Partner on Social Worker Retention and Agency Resources (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,010,368
  - Signed Date: 26/07/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023982-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-16T09:19:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:10:40.280Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0391df