Published date: 23 December 2020

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 11 January 2021

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Pre-school education services - 80110000

Location of contract

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

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

tender_261192/914093

Published date

23 December 2020

Approach to market date

11 January 2021

Contract start date

8 February 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The purpose of this prior information notice is to notify the market of the Department for Education's (DfE) intention to undertake a procurement exercise to appoint up to 4 suitably experienced organisations or individuals to support the implementation of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.
The revised EYFS will become statutory from September 2021 and will impact all early years providers in England.
One of the ways we are supporting providers to implement the revised EYFS is through the development of an online support offer aimed at the pre-reception workforce (private, voluntary and independent providers (PVIs) and childminders). This online support offer will ensure the pre-reception workforce have the messaging and support they need to implement the changes consistently and in line with the policy intention.
The Department for Education is looking to appoint early years experts to work with the DfE digital design team to support the development of the content for this online offer.

This PIN notifies of our intention to procure for experts with specialisms in physical education, literacy, understanding the world, expressive arts and design.

The Department reserves the right to extend this contract by up to a further 2 months in monthly increments subject to business need.

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To find out more about this opportunity and tender for the work, you will need to register in advance on the DfE's Jaggaer e-procurement system and then successfully gain membership to the Education and Children's Social Care Dynamic Purchasing System (the ECSC). You will need to register by no later than 8 January 2021. This opportunity will be published under the categories ECSC08, 12, 15 and 21 - you only need to have selected one of these to access the opportunity.

About the buyer

Address

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

Email

EYFSP.REFORMS@education.gov.uk