Published date: 31 December 2021

Last edited date: 27 January 2022

This notice was replaced on 26 July 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 26 July 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£0 to £8,995,500

Procurement reference

tender_261999/1024182

Published date

31 December 2021

Closing date

18 February 2022

Closing time

12:01am

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

31 August 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The NCETMs role is to deliver the national programme of mathematics support and continuing professional development (CPD) on behalf of DfE, in England

We are seeking bids from organisations that can demonstrate how they can support the Maths Hubs to cascade, embed and retain fidelity of the Teaching for Mastery programme including the Mastery Readiness Programme We invite bids from individual organisations or consortia, or similar capable of delivering a national programme.

The NCETM provider will undertake a pivotal coordination and leadership role in working with Maths Hubs to deliver strategic goals.

The NCETM will be responsible for transforming the teaching of primary and secondary mathematics through robust implementation of the Teaching for Mastery programme. DfE wishes to maintain consistent high-quality training and support in all areas of programme delivery with the aim of embedding the pedagogical practice of mastery.

The purpose of the NCETM is to provide a central source of expertise, information and evidence on teaching, pupil knowledge acquisition and teacher professional development in mathematics. The NCETM utilises the Maths Hubs network to support this aim, including by cascading the Teaching for Mastery programme across primary and secondary schools in England and building mathematics expertise in the school system.

The purpose of the Teaching for Mastery programme is to train teachers in the mastery approach to teaching mathematics so that all pupils receive a high-quality education and can master the fundamental basics of mathematics

The NCETM will have three key programme aims to deliver for DfE: (i) management of the Maths Hubs to deliver improvements in the teaching of mathematics; (ii) build mathematics expertise in the school system and (iii) deliver the Teaching for Mastery in primary and secondary schools.

Your organisation must be able to commit to recruiting and delivering in line with the reach and scope outlined in this tender between 2022 and 2024.

We are running this procurement via open competition and publishing via Contract Finder. We welcome bids from SMEs and VCSs.

More information

Links

Additional text

Organisations wishing to participate in this contract opportunity must do so through DfE's eTendering portal (Jaggaer).
Registration is free of charge and full system support is available via the Jaggaer homepage.

In order to access this opportunity in Jaggaer potential suppliers must first click 'view opportunities' from the Jaggaer homepage and then express their interest to gain access to the full document suite.

About the buyer

Address

20 Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

maths.programme@education.gov.uk