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Published 16 Dec 2022, 11:47 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

National Workload Action Group secretariat and lead delivery partner on best practice guidance for retention and agency

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£1,083,333exc. VAT · 1 value update6.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 23 May 2023awarded 27 Jul 2023
Awarded to Dartington Hall trading as Research in Practice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Following an open procurement, the Department for Education has appointed a suitably experienced organisation to deliver the following objectives relating to child and family social work:

  1. To deliver solutions recommended by the National Workload Action Group (NWAG)and provide a secretariat role for the group
  2. produce tools and resources to support Local Authorities with social worker retention; and
  3. produce tools and resources to support Local Authorities in the engagement of agency social workers.

The NWAG is made up of sector and practice experts and seeks to identify and recommend solutions to reduce unnecessary workload drivers for child and family social workers so that child and family social workers have enough time to spend working directly with children and families.

CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services · Social services · Social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The supplier will be responsible for delivering solutions recommended by the NWAG…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,083,333

The supplier will be responsible for delivering solutions recommended by the NWAG (either by procuring 3rd parties or performing the work directly). As part of this work the supplier will deliver a secretariat role to convene and manage the NWAG as an impartial adjudicator.

In addition to the work of the NWAG, the same supplier is required to:

  • collate and/or produce tools and resources on areas that impact social worker retention to complement the Social Worker Employer Standards Health Check, areas include wellbeing, supervision and effective workforce planning systems; and
  • produce tools/resources to support Local Authorities to engage agency social workers effectively and collaboratively (including, subject to consultation, to support local authorities to comply with proposed national rules on engaging agency social work resource).
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The contractual term is set to expire in March 2025 with a possible extension of up to a further 24 months. The Buyer is expecting all deliverables to be delivered by March 2025 and any extension will be on a reduced scope and reduced cost to primarily allow the supplier to maintain / survey / improve the success of the resources only.Variant bids: not allowed
80000000 Education and training services85310000 Social work services85320000 Social 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
  • Price
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
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
16 Dec 2022, 11:47 GMT
Last source update
16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
Award evaluation window
23 May 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-023982
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesHealth and social work servicesSocial servicesSocial work services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0391df Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Department of Education incorporated a voluntary standstill period at the point the decision regarding the award of the contract was communicated to Tenderers.

Publisher note: The Buyer may, at its own discretion, extend the Contract on multiple occasions, but will not exceed a cumulative extension of 24 months post the Expiry Date. It is anticipated, at the time of contract signature, that any extension would involve delivery of the services on a reduced scope, with focus being on activities related to the maintenance and improvement of the Deliverables that were delivered during the Initial Contract Period. The Buyer reserves the right to extend this anticipated scope at its own discretion.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
23 May 2023, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
23 May 2023, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

education.app.jaggaer.com ↗

Timeline

28 Feb 2023 → 23 Nov 2023 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    28 Feb 2023
  2. Submission deadline
    23 May 2023, 17:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    23 May 2023, 17:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
  5. Bids must remain valid until
    23 Nov 2023, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Apr 2023
  1. Published value updated to £1,083,333
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
    was £1,300,000
  2. Status changed to active
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
  4. Deadline published: 23 May 2023, 17:00 BST
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    3 Apr 2023, 14:13 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST
  7. Buyer details updated
    16 Aug 2023, 10:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,010,3681 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Dartington Hall trading as Research in PracticeSMENational Workload Action Group Secretariat and Lead Delivery Partner on Social Worker Retention and Agency Resources£1,010,368 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Department for Education

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEducation Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BTContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of JusticeReview body LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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