Estimated Value
Up to £1,111,968
Deadline
27 November 2026
24 days remaining
Published
3 November 2026
Type
Not specified
At a glance
- Buyer
- Islington Council
- Estimated value
- £1,111,968
- Closing date
- 27 November 2026 (24 days left)
- Published
- 3 November 2026
- Location
- London
- Type
- open procedure
- Likely incumbent
- Provide Care Solutions, current contract ends September 2027
- Latest notice
- UK4 tender notice (Procurement Act 2023)
- Published on
- Find a Tender
Overview
The North, Central and East London Regional Partnership (NCEL RP), led by Islington Council, is seeking to appoint a Higher Education Institution (HEI) to co-design, develop and deliver the Step Up to Social Work Training Programme for Cohort 10. The successful provider will deliver a bespoke, high-quality, Social Work England approved programme at Postgraduate Diploma level, with a pathway to master’s level study available following successful completion.
The programme will: lead to the award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work; enable graduates to register with Social Work England; and prepare trainees for practice within statutory children’s social work settings. The programme itself will run for 15 months. The appointed HEI will also support the Regional Partnership with assessment and recruitment, trainee onboarding and pre-employment checks, curriculum design and programme planning, and securing the necessary Social Work England approval prior to programme commencement.
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Provide Care Solutions
£9m
total awarded
- 2
Single Homeless Project
£11m
total awarded
- 3
Grenville building & decorating contractors limited
2 contracts wonlatest 11 Sept 2026ends 3 Mar 2027£748,000
total awarded
- 4
Woodside Commercial Projects Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 14 Aug 2026ends 16 Nov 2026£400,000
total awarded
- 5
HESTIA HOUSING AND SUPPORT
£2m
total awarded
Provide Care Solutions is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Islington CouncilKey Dates
Published
3 November 2026
Submission deadline
27 November 2026
Notice type
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