Published date: 14 February 2019

Last edited date: 14 February 2019

This notice was replaced on 7 June 2019

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

Awarded contract (published 7 June 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1,480,000

Procurement reference

30454

Published date

14 February 2019

Closing date

28 February 2019

Contract start date

20 May 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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 for Education is planning to procure an organisation to deliver an English Hubs Training Centre.

The purpose of the English Hubs Training Centre is to train a network of literacy specialists in English Hub schools across the country, and to ensure the quality of their work in supporting struggling schools to improve their early language and literacy teaching, with a particular focus on phonics.

The Training Centre will have two functions:

• Training literacy specialists to support schools to improve outcomes in early language and reading for their children, with an emphasis on improving outcomes for the most disadvantaged children.

• Ensuring the quality of the work of the literacy specialists.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

English Hubs Network Training Centre

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 16 November 2018

Additional text

DfE will administer the procurement process electronically via the department's e-procurement portal (Bravo). which can be accessed at https://education.bravosolution.co.uk where you will have to register in the first instance to then access the documents.
No hard copy documents will be issued; all communications with DfE (including final tender submission) will be conducted via the portal.

All communication with regard to this procurement must be actioned via the online message board attached to the ITT on the portal

About the buyer

Address

Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

Sourcing.HELP@education.gov.uk