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Published 6 Dec 2024, 12:52 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Tender for Social Worker (Degree) Apprenticeships

Official notice

Authority: Herefordshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG11)
Published estimate£528,000≈ £83k / year
Submissions closed 24 Jan 2025awarded 27 Feb 2025
Awarded to University of Worcester
Contract term 6 yrs 4 moends 31 Jul 2031 · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract award notice for an approved training provider to deliver up to 22 Social

Worker (Degree) Apprenticeships. The Supplier will be required to draw down the

Apprenticeship Levy funding.

The supplier will be required to provide face-to-face training for apprentices at suitable

venue(s) in an easy to access location within 2-hours of Hereford City by car or public

transport.

CPV: Adult and other education services · Higher education services · Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The council has commissioned an approved training provider to deliver Social WorkerAwarded 6 yrs 4 moPublished value£528,000

The council has commissioned an approved training provider to deliver Social Worker

(Degree) Apprenticeships. The Supplier will be required to draw down the Apprenticeship

Levy funding.

The Supplier will be required to provide face-to-face training for apprentices at suitable

venue(s) in an easy to access location within 2-hours of Hereford City by car or public

transport.

This tender related to ‘social and other specific services’ as listed in Schedule 3 of The Public

Contract Regulations 2015.

The contract is anticipated to be for up to 76 months from 1st April 2025 to 31st July 2031

(or until all apprentices have completed their degrees) to deliver up to a maximum of 22

apprenticeships over two cohorts.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Jul 2031 (6 yrs 4 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands
Variant bids: not allowed
80300000 Higher education services80500000 Training services

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 78%Price: 10%Social value: 12%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 78
  • Social Value: 12
  • Price: 10
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Dec 2024, 12:52 GMT
Last source update
17 Mar 2025, 11:49 GMT
Award evaluation window
24 Jan 2025 – …
Authority reference
DN755139
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009615
Classification (CPV)
Adult and other education servicesHigher education servicesTraining services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c300 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
24 Jan 2025, 23:55 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Jan 2025, 23:55 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

24 Jan 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Jan 2025, 23:55 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Jan 2025, 23:55 GMT
  3. Notice published
    17 Mar 2025, 11:49 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Mar 2025, 11:49 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £528,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
University of Worcester£528,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Tender for Social Worker (Degree) Apprenticeships · University of Worcester

    Signed
    27 Feb 2025
    Value
    £528,000
    Period
    … – 31 Jul 2031
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Herefordshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Council Offices, Plough Lane, Hereford, West Midlands, HR4 0LEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.