Published date: 5 July 2023

This notice was replaced on 29 September 2023

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

Awarded contract (published 29 September 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Personal development training services - 80570000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£220,000 to £280,000

Procurement reference

tender_375384/1232079

Published date

5 July 2023

Closing date

14 August 2023

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

8 September 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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

In 2022 the Department commissioned a fourth round of training for school business professionals (SBPs) in Integrated Curriculum and Financial Planning (ICFP) and other elements of School Resource Management (SRM). The supplier delivered 170 webinars with 5,508 total attendance.
This project was part of the Department's objective of achieving excellent school resource management and the delivery priority of making every pound count towards supporting pupils realise their potential. We have received very good feedback from this project and want to run a fifth round of training this year - as we committed to do in the second iteration of School Resource Management strategy.

The recommended way forward is to procure a series of 7 modules on areas of SRM that will enable attending delegates to improve their capability in key areas of resource management whilst allowing us to raise further awareness of the SRM offer.

The areas covered will be
Finance
1. Integrated Curriculum & Financial Planning (ICFP): Practical Examples
2. Funding and Income Management
3. Strategic Financial Planning
Commercial
4. Procurement: compliance and maximising value
Estates
5. Strategic Estate Management
HR
6. HR/Staff Management
Digital
7. Digital and Technology Standards

We estimate the total cost of this project to be no more than £280k plus VAT and for this we expect the supplier to:
- Design all content,
- Market the course,
- Deliver the webinars,
- Provide additional learning resources,
- Record the webinars for the Department to host on gov.uk
- Evaluate the course

The potential participants for this programme are school business professionals (SBPs), headteachers, other school leaders, governors and LA finance officers.

To register your interest in this opportunity and download the tender documents please go to the Department's E-tendering portal:
https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

esfa.srma@education.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education