Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: Department for Education - Social Work National Professional Development Offer (GBP 21,445,935)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 20th October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by Department for Education. Procurement: Social Work National Professional Development Offer. Description: The Department for Education (DfE) has established a closed framework for the design, development and delivery of a national learning and development offer for Child and Family Social Workers in England. The Social Work National Professional Development Offer Framework is intended to strengthen the development of qualified child and family social workers and support clearer, structured career path Category: services. Value: GBP 21,445,935 (largest of 3 stated award/contract values). Supplier(s): The Frontline Organisation, VSC Plus Ltd.

Publication: UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published: 20th October 2026
Original report: find-tender.service.gov.uk

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What ProcIntel recorded

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Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: United Kingdom
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 20th October 2026 · 13:53

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (15.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity

What the source reported

What ProcIntel recorded

Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.