Official UK procurement notice
Step up to social work training programme
Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Step Up to Social Work programme provides an accelerated entry route into social work for high-achieving graduates and career changers. It is delivered through the development of a bespoke work-based 14 month postgraduate diploma programme, led by groups of local authorities working in regional partnerships and contracting with HEIs. Leeds City Council's tender opportunity was to contract with a training provider of the programme.
- No preliminary market engagement: A market sounding exercise was published on 14 November 2024, Procurement reference 20241114180746-104105 for expressions of interests for the delivery of the step up to social work training programme. The close date was 29 November 2024. Three submissions were received.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
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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).
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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).
- Quality
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
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Mar 2025, 15:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Sept 2025, 17:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 May 2025
- Authority reference
70399- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010456- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04efd4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tender responses to be submitted via yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗
Timeline
20 Mar 2025 → 12 Sept 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published20 Mar 2025, 15:17 GMT
- Submission deadline15 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts30 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by30 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent4 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends13 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published398 days ago12 Sept 2025, 17:34 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2025- Tender notice published20 Mar 2025, 15:17 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published4 Jun 2025, 12:50 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Jun 2025, 12:50 BST
- Contract signature expected16 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published12 Sept 2025, 17:34 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of SalfordStep up to social work programme16 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2027Extensions: The extension provision depends on whether all the services have been delivered by the end date of the contract. If there some elements of the contract that need to be finalised, the contract may be extended by 6 months. | £421,000 inc. VAT | 4 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Step up to social work programme · The University of Salford
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2025
- Value
- £350,000
- Period
- 14 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 6 months
No agreed KPIs: Not applicable, the contract value is above the threshold but not more than £5 million
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender