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title: "Recruitment and  Management of Children’s Agency Social Workers"
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# Recruitment and  Management of Children’s Agency Social Workers

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/recruitment-and-management-of-children-s-agency-social-workers-ocds-h6vhtk-055765). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 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. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000028)
- **Published Value:** £10,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 August 2025 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Recruitment services, Social services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG37
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/recruitment-and-management-of-children-s-agency-social-workers-ocds-h6vhtk-055765#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055765`

## 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/recruitment-and-management-of-children-s-agency-social-workers-ocds-h6vhtk-055765#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsandwellmbc)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/recruitment-and-management-of-children-s-agency-social-workers-ocds-h6vhtk-055765#participate

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79600000, 85300000, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £10,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2025 to 30/11/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036715-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-02T10:40:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T20:22:22.861Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055765