Published date: 30 June 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 10 March 2025, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

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

£293,000 to £879,000

Procurement reference

tender_377311/1495599

Published date

30 June 2025

Closing date

10 March 2025

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

24 June 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The FE Colleges Governor Recruitment Service ("the Service") will be an integral part of the Department for Education (DfE) help and active support offer for colleges. The Service is designed to strengthen governance in colleges by supporting the recruitment of a diverse range of appropriately skilled and knowledgeable governors to key roles on governing boards.

The Service will be free at the point of use. To ensure that the Service is targeted to those college boards which have the greatest need of help, access will be via a referral from the department, which will have the discretion to define "key" roles and will prioritise or limit referrals to ensure alignment with the terms of the contract with the Supplier.

The outputs will be:

A successful service model whereby the Supplier will need to: understand and communicate the benefits and responsibilities of being an FE governor to potential volunteers; work with college governing board chairs and governance professionals (clerks) to better understand the candidate requirements for the roles that are to be filled; and to ensure a diverse selection of appropriately qualified and well-briefed candidates for interview by the board.

A minimum of 140 appropriately skilled and diverse governors to be appointed to key governor roles over the Contract Period (210 should the optional extension period be utilised), with a minimum of 60 within in the first year. Support and advice for boards to put in place effective induction, support and development to help new governors understand their new responsibilities, and to continue in their roles for the longer term.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Further Education Governor Recruitment Service (2025)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 10 February 2025

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

28 April 2025

Contract start date

24 June 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Total value of contract

£879,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Governors for Schools

Address

Sycamore House Sutton Quays Business Park Sutton Weaver Runcorn Cheshire WA7 3EH

Reference

Companies House number: 3879854

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Building
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

CommercialDelivery.SKILLS@education.gov.uk