Published date: 1 April 2022

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Opportunity (published 20 April 2022)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Procurement reference

tender_303213/1057662

Published date

1 April 2022

Closing date

8 April 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

This is an invitation to a open market engagement event for: National Tutoring Programme -
Delivery partner(s) from AY 2022/23

The Department for Education has provided over 1 million tutoring courses since the launch of the
National Tutoring Programme in 2020. We are seeking to build on this for Academic Years 22/23
and 23/24, in response to feedback, by making the programme simpler and more flexible. To
achieve this, we are seeking one or more delivery partners to deliver the following requirements:

- Quality Assurance of agencies ("Tuition Partners") supplying contract tutors, to support schools
that wish to make use of call-off tutoring by subject and locality.
- Recruitment of a new pool of tutors (known as "Academic Mentors") to be assigned to schools.
Management of a school-facing process for assigning Academic Mentors to schools.
- Provision of a training offer, which may be delivered in-person, via e-learning or as a blended
offer, for new tutors.

DfE will be hosting an open, virtual early market engagement event on 8th April 2022 from 1pm
to 2pm via Microsoft Teams. All parties wishing to attend this event must register their interest on
DfE's e-Tendering portal: https://education.app.jaggaer.com

To register your interest please navigate to the Jaggaer home page, click view opportunities and
then select: 6885_National Tutoring Programme - Delivery partner(s) from AY 2022/23 - Event
joining instructions will be issued following an expression of interest.


More information

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About the buyer

Address

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

Email

asher.jones@education.gov.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/dfe