Published date: 25 November 2024

This notice was replaced on 25 February 2025

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

Awarded contract (published 25 February 2025)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Primary education services - 80100000

  • Secondary education services - 80200000

    • Technical and vocational secondary education services - 80210000

    • Higher education services - 80300000

    • Youth education services - 80310000

    • Medical education services - 80320000

    • Safety education services - 80330000

    • Special education services - 80340000

    • Adult and other education services - 80400000

    • Various school services - 80410000

    • E-learning services - 80420000

    • Adult-education services at university level - 80430000

    • Operation of an educational centre - 80490000

    • Training services - 80500000

    • Specialist training services - 80510000

    • Training facilities - 80520000

    • Vocational training services - 80530000

    • Environmental training services - 80540000

    • Safety training services - 80550000

    • Health and first-aid training services - 80560000

    • Personal development training services - 80570000

    • Provision of language courses - 80580000

    • Tutorial services - 80590000

    • Training services in defence and security materials - 80600000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0 to £40,000

Procurement reference

2024 Careers Hub

Published date

25 November 2024

Closing date

6 December 2024

Closing time

6pm

Contract start date

6 January 2025

Contract end date

25 July 2025

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

Private procurement rules

Supply chain notices are business-to-business transactions and are not bound by the same rules and restrictions as public sector contracts. The UK government is not responsible for the conduct of such procurement.

Description

Reed in Partnership delivers the Central London Careers Hub, providing high-quality careers education to all young people. We are looking for a provider to enhance support for special educational needs & disabilities (SEND) students in alternative provision. The delivery period will be spring and summer terms of the 2024/2025 academic year, supporting 14 alternative provision settings. We are looking to work with a provider who will:
1.Take a whole school approach to careers education, make a positive impact on the Gatsby Benchmarks and improve the range of future roles young people in these settings consider.
2. Work with educators and careers leaders to create sustainable skills, knowledge and actions in supporting confident careers guidance education for SEND students.
3. Undertake a deep dive analysis of current programmes, to inform specialist careers strategy support and resources.
4. Deliver growth in the number and variety of employers engaging in careers programmes in these alternative provision settings.
5. Train educators and careers leaders to facilitate tailored programme delivery to support young people to achieve positive destinations.
6. Provide educators and careers leaders with frameworks, tools and resources to support students to build and demonstrate employability skills and knowledge.
7. Provide a quantitative and qualitative impact evaluation report and end of programme case studies.

It is expected that the successful provider will deliver an in-person launch event to kick-start the programme.

We are seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from:
Organisations with credible experience and a demonstrable track record in delivering impactful careers support for educators and careers leaders in alternative provision settings. Providers must be able to deliver in Central London. A remote solution is not preferred.

Please fully complete and submit the EOI by the closing date of Friday 6th December 2024 at 6pm. EOI Link is here: https://forms.office.com/e/svEnPjriRt
Contact partner.network@reed.com should you have questions. For information on how we score our EOIs and work with partners, visit our website https://reedinpartnership.co.uk/partners/

Please note, this does not constitute an offer to work with your organisation, but is the first stage in our selection process. For organisations successful at EOI stage, we will undertake further due diligence and commercial pricing analysis to make our final selection of partners.

About the buyer

Address

ACADEMY COURT
LONDON
WC2A1DT
England

Telephone

020 7708 6063

Email

partner.network@reed.com

Website

https://reedinpartnership.co.uk/partners/