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Published 2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Recruitment and Management of Children’s Agency Social Workers

Official notice

Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG37)
Published estimate£10,000,000≈ £5.0m / year · £12,000,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Aug 2025
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Nov 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A key priority of the Sandwell Children's 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 authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Jul 2028, 00:59 BST.

CPV: Recruitment services · Social services · Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrsPublished value£10,000,000
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2028 with extensionsValue: £10,000,000 exc. VAT · £12,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: The Initial term of the contract is for two (2) years, with an option to extend for a further one (1) year
79600000 Recruitment services85300000 Social work and related services85320000 Social services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: Please refer to ITT document

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 2 Jul 2028
First published
2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST
Last source update
2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 2 Oct 2025
Authority reference
SMBC 25060
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036715
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Recruitment servicesSocial servicesSocial work and related services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG37)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055765 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
8 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc ↗ to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the ITT and other related documents.

Timeline

2 Jul 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
  3. Award decision expected by392 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts332 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJHD-8764-YRJJ Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3DEContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender