Published date: 31 January 2023

Last edited date: 31 January 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 15 December 2022, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Higher education services - 80300000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£641,685 to £1,283,370

Procurement reference

TD1938

Published date

31 January 2023

Closing date

15 December 2022

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 March 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Tenders are invited for the provision of a Higher Education Institution to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership (EMRP).

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.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

For the provision of a Higher Education Institution to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership

  • Opportunity
  • Published 11 November 2022

Additional text

Please note providers wishing to express interest and obtain the documentation must do so by 11.30pm on 14th December 2022. It is recommended that you express interest and obtain the documentation well before this time to allow sufficient time to prepare and submit a bid.

The deadline for returns is 10.00am on Friday 15th December 2022.

Documents are available at www.eastmidstenders.org

Please search for TD1938

Please note: we will only accept expressions of interest through the e-tendering system.

Award information

Awarded date

31 January 2023

Contract start date

6 March 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2025

Total value of contract

£1,283,370

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Central Lancashire

Address

Preston
PR1 2HE

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Hallsworth

Address

Corporation Street
Derby
DE1 2FS
England

Telephone

01332 640768

Email

procurement@derby.gov.uk