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Published 8 Jul 2022, 14:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The recruitment and management of children’s agency social workers and non social worker roles

Official notice

Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£6,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 5 Aug 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Children's Trust wishes to establish a contract for the provision of Children’s Agency Social Workers and Non Social Worker roles. The successful Provider must be able to supply and manage the effective provision of quality Children’s Social Workers (and non Social Worker roles) for assignments within the Trust.The Trust have developed an outcomes focused specification and therefore welcome proposals from Master Vendor Managed Service Providers and Neutral Vendor Managed Service Providers on how best they can meet the requirements in the specification.A list of other Agency roles that may be required by the Trust are outlined within the specification and tender document and providers are asked to identify which Agency roles they can deliver along with their pricing structure for delivery. These are not mandatory and providers will not be evaluated on their capacity to deliver these roles.

CPV: Health and social work services · Human resources management consultancy services · Recruitment services · Social work and related services · Social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the provision to extend for up to an additional 2 years (1 +1) subject to requirements and satisfactory performance.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Further details provided in the tender documentation

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
8 Jul 2022, 14:03 BST
Last source update
8 Jul 2022, 14:03 BST
Award evaluation window
5 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
P0903
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-018773
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesHuman resources management consultancy servicesRecruitment servicesSocial work and related servicesSocial work services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034ffd Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation. If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: [email protected] Your completed tender submission should be returned by noon on 5th August 2022 via the ‘in-tend’ system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
5 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
5 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Jul 2022 → 5 Aug 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    8 Jul 2022, 14:03 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    5 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    5 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Birmingham City Council on behalf of Birmingham Children's Trust

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 1 Lancaster Circus, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 7DJContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria