Published date: 5 September 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 15 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP277173982

Published date

5 September 2017

Closing date

15 September 2017

Contract start date

1 October 2017

Contract end date

1 April 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Local Government Association (LGA) will be working in partnership with, the Department for Education, the Department of Health and the Government Equalities Office on a recruitment campaign 'Come back to social work'. The overall aim of this campaign is to get 120 experienced social workers back into work. In terms of geographical scope this is a series of regional programmes and candidates will be selected following a recruitment campaign headed by the LGA.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Alison Edwards

Address

Layden House
76-86 Turnmill Street,
London
EC1M 5LG
UK

Telephone

02076653857

Email

alison.edwards@local.gov.uk