Published date: 8 September 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 3 November 2023, 12pm

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

£15,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_375788/1256565

Published date

8 September 2023

Closing date

3 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

19 January 2024

Contract end date

14 April 2028

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 Department has published a Contracts Notice via the Find a Tender Service for this opportunity. Please see here: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026659-2023

The Department is seeking to appoint Providers to deliver the National Professional Qualification (NPQ) for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs). Given the importance of this qualification, in addition to seeking Providers via an open process under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Department is proposing to procure additional capacity to deliver the qualification via the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) and the NPQ Framework.

There is no cap on the number of providers that can be on the new framework agreement, providing that they meet the requirements as set out in the invitation to tender. The documents for which can be accessed via the Department's eSourcing portal, Jaggaer.

Providers appointed to the framework agreement will be responsible for designing and delivering the required Services for the NPQ for SENCOs (as outlined in Section 2A and 2B of the Service Requirements) under Call Off Contracts.

Successful Providers will be awarded a minimum of one Call Off Contract that covers the requirement to set up and mobilise the programme, including design curriculum content, as well as develop and host a User Digital Platform.

The curriculum content developed by Providers must cover all the knowledge and skills included in the Content Framework. The successful providers will be required to commence set up activity and mobilise in time to deliver training to the first cohorts for the NPQ for SENCOs in October 2024.

Full details of how to Tender and the Service Requirements can be found in the Procurement Documents which are available for download after expressing interest in the opportunity. Potential Providers should express their interest via the Department's eSourcing portal, Jaggaer, here: https://education.app.jaggaer.com

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

National Professional Qualification for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 25 August 2023

Links

Additional text

Please refer to the Procurement Documents for details of the requirements.

About the buyer

Contact name

Dan Taylor

Address

https://education.app.jaggaer.com
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Telephone

+443700002288

Email

Daniel.TAYLOR@education.gov.uk