Published date: 24 October 2024

Last edited date: 24 October 2024

This notice was replaced on 24 October 2024

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

Early engagement (published 24 October 2024, last edited 6 December 2024)

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_465799/1417042

Published date

24 October 2024

Closing date

27 November 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The purpose of this Early Engagement Notice is to inform the market of a forthcoming supplier engagement event regarding future support for schools and colleges to deliver careers education, advice, information and guidance for young people in England.

The Department for Education (DfE) will be undertaking an online market engagement event via Microsoft Teams at 10.00am on 27th November 2024 for interested parties. The event is anticipated to last for a duration of up to two hours.

If you wish to attend the market engagement event, please use the link found in the links section below entitled: Attend market engagement event - 27th November 2024.

We started supplier engagement in October 2023 in order to inform the delivery of careers support for young people and adults.

The purpose of this supplier engagement webinar is to:
- Build on the insight gathered in the supplier engagement conducted last year;
- Share priorities for careers education for young people in schools and colleges;
- Provide a re-cap regarding the current delivery arrangements for careers support for young people;
- Consider and test options for the future careers offer for young people with potential suppliers.

This is not a binding statement of intent or a call for competition.

This Notice does not signify the commencement of any competitive process and does not constitute any commitment by the DfE. If DfE decides to commence any competitive process(es) as contemplated by this notice, a separate notice(s) will be published at the relevant time.

The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the authority requirements, and the service classification of this requirement from the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of current thinking, and is neither exhaustive nor binding and the DfE reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend this notice at the time of issue or at any other time.
The DfE will not be liable for any cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a provider in acting on the basis of this notice.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Early Supplier Engagement - Careers support for young people in schools and colleges in England

  • Early engagement
  • Published 24 October 2024

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Department for Education

Address

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

Email

CommercialDelivery.SKILLS@education.gov.uk