Published date: 5 August 2022

Last edited date: 4 January 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 6 June 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

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

£458,333

Procurement reference

tender_298633/1094576

Published date

5 August 2022

Closing date

6 June 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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?

No

Description

A bespoke and targeted governor recruitment service for colleges in England which have been identified as being in particular need of support to strengthen governance. The Service will support the recruitment to key governor roles of a diverse range of candidates who have skills, knowledge and experience appropriate to those roles.

To ensure that the service is targeted on those college governing boards which have the greatest need of help, referrals will be made via the Department. Priority will be given to colleges identified by Department colleagues. However, colleges will also be able to apply to the Department for consideration, for example, where they have experienced considerable difficulty in filling to the role of chair or committee chair, or in covering a particularly significant skills gap on the board.

The Department will assess and prioritise referrals to fit the targets and workflows set out in the contract with the Supplier. In making referrals to the Service, the Department will prioritise cases and roles where a quality appointment is judged to be key to strengthening governance in any given College. This could include but would not be limited to chairs, deputy chairs, and committee chairs for finance and audit.

Suppliers will be expected to have capacity and capability to deliver a quality service to college governing boards, taking into account the challenges of FE governor recruitment, and the demands and responsibilities of being an FE governor. Suppliers must also have due regard to the DfE FE Governance Guide and to the relevant governance codes.

The Supplier shall deliver a minimum of 137 well-matched, diverse and lasting appointments to governor roles during the Contract Period (subject to sufficient referrals). Recruitment should be spread across the three financial years. This might, for example, mean a target of 37 appointments in 2022-23, followed by 50 in each of the years 2023-24 and 2024-25.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

FE Governor Recruitment

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 April 2022

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

2 August 2022

Contract start date

1 September 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£458,333

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Peridot Partners Ltd

Address

The Stanley Building, 7 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG

Reference

Companies House number: 06869005

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Department for Education
Darlington
DL1 5QE
England

Email

emma.bagley@education.gov.uk