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Official procurement procedure
Recruitment and Management of Children’s Agency Social Workers
Recruitment services
Social services
Social work and related services
Published value
£10,000,000
Submission deadline 8 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: "Recruitment and Management of Children’s Agency Social Workers". Published status: active. Published value: £10,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 8 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £10,000,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
6.2Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
E.MANTON LIMITEDTop vendor: 56% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 28 active published awards; 25 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| E.MANTON LIMITED | 1 win | £957,658 |
| MAVERICK INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 1 win | £199,000 |
| VAN ELLE LIMITED | 1 win | £127,000 |
| Morgan Lambert Ltd | 1 win | £115,000 |
| WE DO TENNIS C.I.C. | 1 win | £80,000 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusactive | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST | Last source update2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST | Recurring procurementYes |
ClassificationRecruitment services, Social services, Social work and related services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-055765 | ||
What is being bought
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.
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £10,000,000
2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST - Status changed to active
2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST - Official notice release published
2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST - Submission deadline changed to 8 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST - Buyer information updated
2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #LOT-0001Individual lot title not publishedactivePublished valueAED 10,000,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST - Submission deadline
8 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PJHD-8764-YRJJDocuments (2)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 2 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST
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