Published date: 3 January 2024

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: 1 February 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Social work services - 85310000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP829992590

Published date

3 January 2024

Closing date

1 February 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

19 February 2024

Contract end date

31 May 2024

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?

No

Description

This research will be split into two parts:

The 'pipeline' of children's social workers expected over the coming 3-5 years;
This will collate information about the number of students currently in children's social work training across all routes into the profession, and expectations around numbers of placements expected to be offered to students going forward where this is available.

The projected need for children's social workers over the coming 5-10 years;
This will consider already existing established posts as well as the number of expected new posts required to meet demand in the future. This will also identify how many social workers we'll already expect to have (from training and retention) and what the shortfall therefore is.

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

Clive Harris

Address

Local Government Association
Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HZ
UK

Telephone

07747636931

Email

clive.harris@local.gov.uk