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title: "TD1938 - For the provision of a Higher Education Institution to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership (EMRP)."
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# TD1938 - For the provision of a Higher Education Institution to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership (EMRP).

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/td1938-for-the-provision-of-a-higher-education-institution-to-deliver-the-step-up-to-socia-ocds-h6vhtk-038360). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Derby City Council: "TD1938 - For the provision of a Higher Education Institution to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership (EMRP).". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,283,370. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Dec 2022, 23:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.eastmidstenders.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Derby City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/derby-city-council-ons-e06000015)
- **Published Value:** £1,283,370 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 December 2022 at 23:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Higher education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF, UKF11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,283,370 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/td1938-for-the-provision-of-a-higher-education-institution-to-deliver-the-step-up-to-socia-ocds-h6vhtk-038360#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038360`

## 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/td1938-for-the-provision-of-a-higher-education-institution-to-deliver-the-step-up-to-socia-ocds-h6vhtk-038360#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [eastmidstenders.org](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastmidstenders.org)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/td1938-for-the-provision-of-a-higher-education-institution-to-deliver-the-step-up-to-socia-ocds-h6vhtk-038360#participate

## Description
The Step up to Social Work programme is funded by the Department for Education (DfE) with the intention of raising the standard of social workers who work in children's statutory services. The programme recruits high calibre candidates who have a 2:2 degree and who already have experience of working with vulnerable children, young people or adults who want to train as social workers.
The DfE have announced that they will fund a cohort 8 of the Step up to Social Work programme and the EMRP is seeking to contract a Higher Education Institution (HEI) to work with the East Midlands EMRP to deliver and quality assure a Cohort 8 Step Up to Social Work Programme to train students who will be attached to Local Authorities in the East Midlands Region.
Derby City Council is acting as the lead authority in the procurement of this new contract on behalf of all Local Authorities in the EMRP

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Estimated Value:** £1,283,370

- **Contract Period:** 01/03/2023 to 31/07/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 002869-2023-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **University of Central Lancashire**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-9866`
  - Value: £1,283,370 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 002869-2023-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,283,370
  - Signed Date: 31/01/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002869-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-31T09:11:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T21:38:26.029Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038360