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Prior notice United Kingdom Services

Procurement of Legal Investigation and Advocacy Service in Fitness to Practise

Buyer: Social Work England

Prior notice. Estimated value: £34,083,333.

Published
5 December 2025
Submission deadline
28 February 2026
Estimated value
£34,083,333
Place of performance
UKC
Procedure
Open procedure
Lots
1
Notice number
080027-2025
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-05d84e
Official source
Official source

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Description

Introduction - Fitness to Practise Social Work England are looking for two Suppliers to deliver the following aims: 1. Conducting further investigation and preparing cases for Fitness to Practise hearings or meetings. 2. Undertaking pre-hearing case management procedures in accordance with agreed performance targets and in collaboration with other parties to the hearing. We are looking for up to two Suppliers to prepare cases for Fitness to Practise hearings or meetings and to ensure the presentation of cases before a panel of independent adjudicators. As part of our duty to protect the public, if a social worker falls seriously short of the standards expected of them, we can either remove them from the register or restrict what they can do professionally. These powers, given to us by Parliament, cover all registered social workers across both child, family and adult social care. A social workers' fitness to practise may be found impaired for a number of reasons, including but not limited to: • Conduct • Competence • Health • Caution, Conviction or determination by another regulator • Not having the necessary knowledge of English When a service user, member of the public, emplo…

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