Published date: 22 October 2021

Last edited date: 25 October 2023

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


Closing: 26 July 2021, 9am

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

Value of contract

£4,472,522

Procurement reference

tender_272117/1007833

Published date

22 October 2021

Closing date

26 July 2021

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

12 October 2021

Contract end date

31 October 2026

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?

Yes

Description

The Secretary of State for Education, through the Department for Education (the Authority) has undertaken a procurement to appoint a contractor to deliver a single national (England) contract (the "Contract"), for the provision of the Career Changer Programme ("the Programme").

The Programme will secure a stream of highly experienced career changers into teaching and contribute to the age diversity of new entrants to Initial Teacher Training (ITT). The contractor will attract, recruit and support experienced career changers who have a substantial career, significant previous employment and industry experience and might not otherwise have considered teaching. The contractor will design and develop a national (England) programme that will support participants to make a successful transition into teaching, provide added value in the schools where they are placed drawing on their prior experience and expertise and retain participants in the profession once trained.

The Contractor will not be expected to deliver ITT. The solution will wrap around an existing ITT course leading to Qualified Teacher Status delivered by an accredited ITT provider.

The Contractor is required to design, develop, and deliver a high quality and bespoke Programme to deliver the following services:

- Attraction of Candidates
- Candidate Recruitment and Selection
- Participant Placement
- Participant Retention and Ongoing Support
- Contractor Management Information
- Programme Evaluation
- Continuous Improvement
- Data Management and Security
- Contractor Performance Management
- Contractor Assurance
- Implementation and Resourcing
- Demobilisation and Exit Planning

The Contract will require recruitment of and delivery of transitional support to two cohorts (the "2022 Cohort" and the "2023 Cohort") of career changers.

The two cohorts shall commence the training element of the Programme as follows:

- The 2022 cohort to start Year 1 of the Programme in September 2022 and Year 2 of the Programme, employed as a newly qualified teacher, by September 2023; and
- The 2023 cohort to start Year 1 of the Programme in September 2023 and Year 2 of the Programme, employed as a newly qualified teacher by September 2024;
- The 2022 Cohort shall complete the Programme by August 2024 and the 2023 Cohort by August 2025.

The Initial Contract Period shall commence on the date on which the contractor begins to deliver the services and shall expire in October 2025, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the provisions of the Contract with an option, at the Authority's discretion, to extend the Contract for a further period of up to a maximum of 12 months in duration.

A further 12 months extension provision option has been exercised by the authority and as such Notice has been amended accordingly.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Career Changer Teacher Training Programme

  • Opportunity
  • Published 18 June 2021

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

12 October 2021

Contract start date

12 October 2021

Contract end date

31 October 2026

Total value of contract

£4,472,522

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Now Teach

Address

4 Bloomsbury Square, London. WC1A 2RP

Reference

Companies House number: 11872096

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

Additional details

https://nowteach.org.uk/

About the buyer

Address

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

Email

itt.careerchangers@education.gov.uk