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title: "Step Up to Social Work Cohort 10 +"
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# Step Up to Social Work Cohort 10 +

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/step-up-to-social-work-cohort-10-ocds-h6vhtk-06682d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Islington Council: "Step Up to Social Work Cohort 10 +". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £1,112,400. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Islington Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-islington-ons-e09000019)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1,112,400 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/step-up-to-social-work-cohort-10-ocds-h6vhtk-06682d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06682d`

## 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/step-up-to-social-work-cohort-10-ocds-h6vhtk-06682d#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 80400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2029
- **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%2F022238-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-12T11:37:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T06:29:00.543Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06682d