Published date: 22 November 2019

Last edited date: 22 November 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 7 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

1562

Published date

22 November 2019

Closing date

7 January 2019

Contract start date

4 February 2019

Contract end date

27 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to appoint a suitable supplier to work collaboratively with the Department over the 14-month period (February 2019 - March 2020) to provide effective stakeholder engagement and communication channel between the Early Year Sector and DfE.

Any organisation (including VCS) may submit bids. Applications will be assessed according to the extent to which they meet the assessment criteria described in the application form.

Any questions related to points of clarification or process must be submitted by noon Friday 7th December 2018 to: EnquiriesEarlyYears.VCSGRANTS@education.gov.uk and a frequently asked questions (FAQs) document will be developed and posted by the 13th December.

Timetable

Invitation to bid published - 30th November 2018
Clarification Q&A deadline - 7th December 2018.
DfE to provide answers by 13th December 2018.
Deadline for bids - Noon 7th January 2019
Notification of outcome - early January 2019
Due diligence checks and contract finalisation early February 2019.
Contract awarded - Mid February 2019.

Start and End Date: 14 months - February 2019 - end of March 2020.

We are making available up to a maximum of £100,000 (inclusive of VAT) for a 14-month period (February 2019-March 2020). This is intended as a guide and, whilst the Department does not intend to depart from this, it reserves the right to do so at any time subject to quality and range of proposals received.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

When submitting your final application, please include the following:

• Application form and the declaration form
• All financial documents as specified in the application form

Please send an electronic copy of your bid to EarlyYears.VCSGRANTS@education.gov.uk no later than noon on 7th January 2019. You must specify your organisation name in the subject line. Late and duplicate bids will not be considered and any bids that are incomplete will not be assessed.

About the buyer

Address

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

Email

EnquiriesEarlyYears.VCSGRANTS@education.gov.uk