Awarded contract

Higher Education Provider - Step Up to Social Work

Details

Buyer: Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Supplier(s): University of Birmingham
Value: £1,671,858
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Higher education services
Published: 6 May 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Funded by the Department for Education (DfE) Step up to Social Work is an intensive, 14-month, full-time programme. On completion, students will qualify with a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work. A Higher Education Institution (HEI) is required for delivery of the programme. Students are selected from across the West Midlands. Stoke-on-Trent City Council is the lead authority for this service, working in partnership with local authorities across the West Midlands ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published6 May 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date6 May 2025
Next: Contract expiry date19 November 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a local authority, and its Category Management team runs procurement from the Civic Centre. Every tendering procedure follows the council's own Procurement Code alongside the Procurement Act 2023. An awarded contracts directory publishes the outcome of every past tender for suppliers to review.

Over the past 5 years, most of Stoke-on-Trent City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@stoke-on-trent-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@stoke-on-trent-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@stoke-on-trent-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@stoke-on-trent-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@stoke-on-trent-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@stoke-on-trent-city-council.gov