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Recruitment and Management of Children’s Agency Social Workers

Recruitment services
Social work and related services
Social work services
West Midlands (UKG37)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Sandwell Childrens Trust : "Recruitment and Management of Children’s Agency Social Workers". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySandwell Childrens Trust Scope & 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 Sandwell Childrens Trust . These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 2 active published awards; 2 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthoritySandwell Childrens Trust
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published16 May 2023, 11:32 BST
Last source update16 May 2023, 11:32 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationRecruitment services, Social work and related services, Social work services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG37)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03a184
What is being bought
A key priority of the Trust’s workforce strategy is to stabilise the workforce and build sustainable capacity for the future. A critical part of this is the Trust’s ability to utilise Children’s Agency Social Workers in an efficient and effective manner to meet any shortfalls in permanent staffing, and to deal with specific peaks in caseloads. The recruitment of children social workers is constantly challenging, with a shortage of sufficiently experienced candidates, a limited pipeline into the sector and it operates in a crowded geographical area. Within this it is acknowledged that agency workers play a critical part of the social care workforce to enable it to ‘flex’ to meet changing priorities and to fill resourcing gaps. In December 2019, the Trust applied the two-year extension option within the Agreement. Following a procurement process in 2021, an 18-month contract was awarded which expires at 31 May 2023.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    16 May 2023, 11:32 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    16 May 2023, 11:32 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    16 May 2023, 11:32 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    16 May 2023, 11:32 BST
  5. Published value updated to £21,250,000
    31 Jan 2023, 14:56 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    31 Jan 2023, 14:56 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    31 Jan 2023, 14:56 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 27 Feb 2023, 15:00 GMT
    31 Jan 2023, 14:56 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    31 Jan 2023, 14:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Please refer to ITT Documents
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    16 May 2023, 11:32 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 May 2023, 00:00 BST · £12,000,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
HCL Workforce Solutions Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Recruitment and Management of Children’s Agency Social Workers
£12,000,000 · signed 15 May 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 6 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 6 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 6 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Sandwell Childrens Trust

Contracting authority GB-FTS-23080
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  • Sandwell Childrens Trust
    buyer

    The Wellman Building, Dudley Road, Oldbury, UKG37, B69 3DL
    neil_whitehouse@sandwell.gov.uk

  • HCL Workforce Solutions Ltd
    supplier

    33 Soho Square, London, UKI32, W1D 3QU

  • The High Court of England
    reviewBody

    Royal Court of Justice the Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
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