Published date: 31 August 2023

Last edited date: 1 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: 5 October 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £1,200,000

Procurement reference

tender_352699/1253069

Published date

31 August 2023

Closing date

5 October 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

9 November 2023

Contract end date

8 November 2025

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

There are currently 2,397 school academy trusts (as of August 2023) funded by the DfE in England. The vast majority are well-governed by their trust boards whose responsibility it is, with their members, to recruit a sufficient cadre of high-quality trustees. In doing so, they are supported by a vibrant market of organisations which offer various recruitment services. With this support used as necessary, the vast majority of trusts are able to operate effectively; however, as a contingency, the department, as the principal regulator of school academy trusts, requires a bespoke service to seek to ensure that, where this has not happened, high-calibre trustees, with the required skills, can be sourced for the boards concerned to appoint.


Academy trustees are volunteers who are responsible for ensuring a trust's clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction, holding executive leaders to account, and overseeing and ensuring effective financial performance. Trust boards therefore need to be made up of trustees with the necessary expertise and skill to fulfil these functions effectively. The role is a significant commitment and while there are already many dedicated trustees across the country, it can be difficult for some trusts to find and recruit the right people with the skills they need.

We expect this to be a bespoke recruitment service which places the right people in the right roles, with a real focus on high quality matches. We expect the vacancies to be filled through this service to have characteristics which make them challenging for the board to recruit to without support.


The tender is for a two-year contract, with the option of a contract extension (+1) subject to need and funding being available.

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.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Trustee Recruitment for Academy Trusts - Market Engagement Event

  • Early engagement
  • Published 10 February 2023

Links

About the buyer

Address

20 Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

krupali.bhikha@education.gov.uk