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Official procurement procedure
Step Up to Social Work Cohort 10 +
Adult and other education services
Published value
£1,112,400
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Islington Council: "Step Up to Social Work Cohort 10 +". Published status: planning. Published value: £1,112,400. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Islington Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £1,112,400 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Islington Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Islington 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
8.3Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Single Homeless ProjectTop vendor: 100% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 72 active published awards; 3 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Single Homeless Project | 1 win | £6,622,629 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityIslington Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published12 Mar 2026, 11:37 GMT | Last source update12 Mar 2026, 11:37 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationAdult and other education services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06682d | ||
What is being bought
Islington Council is acting as the lead authority in a regional partnership of six London boroughs across North, Central and East London who will be seeking a grant from the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver Step Up to Social Work – Cohort 10. The NCEL RP has already delivered Cohorts 5 – 9 of the Step Up Programme.
We are seeking to appoint a Higher Education Institution (HEI) to be the delivery partner of the academic learning with the option to extend this contract as per DfE funding for Cohorts 11 and 12.
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £1,112,400
12 Mar 2026, 11:37 GMT - Status changed to planning
12 Mar 2026, 11:37 GMT - Official notice release published
12 Mar 2026, 11:37 GMT - Buyer information updated
12 Mar 2026, 11:37 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
12 Mar 2026, 11:37 GMT - Procedure published
12 Mar 2026, 11:37 GMT - engagement
24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduledThe Authority has carried out preliminary market engagement for this requirement. This Notice is for informational purposes only and is not a formal invitation to tender. Its aim is to ensure transparency ahead of the upcoming Tender Notice. All details provided here may be updated or changed in the final tender notice. The Authority reserves the right to cancel, postpone, suspend or abort the procurement at any stage. The issue of this notice in no way commits the Authority to commence a procurement process. For more information please register your interest by logging into the Proactis eSourcing Portal at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Supplier/Advert/View?advertId=207fcb97-f71d-f111-813c-005056b64545
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Islington Council
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PBMD-2513-CWJJDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 12 Mar 2026, 11:37 GMT
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |