CSC26180 Form F Fostering Assessments
Details
- Buyer
- Torbay Council
- Supplier(s)
- Quickline recruitment
- Value
- £60,000
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Assessment centre services for recruitment
- Published
- 6 October 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
1.1. Torbay Council is seeking to establish a supply arrangement for approximately 20 Form F (Fostering Assessment) assignments for a period of 12 months. These opportunities may arise anywhere across the UK, so we are looking to engage agencies with national reach, operational flexibility, and robust internal quality assurance processes. 1.2. The Supplier will be expected to provide suitably qualified social work professionals to undertake these assessments. Form F Assessors must hold a recognised social work qualification, maintain professional social work registration, and have a minimum of three years' post-qualification experience in assessment work. 1.3. The Supplier will be expected to provide Quality Assurance Leads who hold a recognised social work qualification, maintain professional social work registration, and have at least five years' post-qualification experience in assessment and quality assurance. ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published6 October 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date6 October 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date27 September 2027in 12 months
About the buyer
Torbay Council is the local authority for Torbay, and its commercial services team manages procurement across the council. Every tender is advertised on Supplying the South West, the council's e-tendering platform for formal requirements. Suppliers register free on the platform to receive automatic notification of new opportunities. Contracts above the regulatory threshold are also openly advertised through Find a Tender. Framework call-offs, dynamic purchasing systems and direct award to a fellow contracting authority offer further routes to a contract. Smaller-value work is quoted directly, with at least three suppliers invited and two of them based in Torbay.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Torbay Council's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and health and social work.
Relevant CPV codes
- 79635000 · Assessment centre services for recruitment
- 85000000 · Health and social work services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov |
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