Published date: 10 February 2025
This notice was replaced on 30 June 2025
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Awarded contract (published 30 June 2025)
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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
£293,000
Procurement reference
tender_377311/1445137
Published date
10 February 2025
Closing date
10 March 2025
Closing time
10am
Contract start date
19 May 2025
Contract end date
31 March 2028
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 FE Colleges Governor Recruitment Service ("the Service") will be an integral part of the Department for Education's (DfE's) help and active support offer for colleges. The Service is designed to strengthen governance in colleges by supporting the recruitment of a diverse range of appropriately skilled and knowledgeable governors to key roles on governing boards.
The Service will be free at the point of use. To ensure that the Service is targeted to those college boards which have the greatest need of help, access will be via a referral from the department, which will have the discretion to define "key" roles and will prioritise or limit referrals to ensure alignment with the terms of the contract with the Supplier.
The outputs will be:
A successful service model whereby the Supplier will need to: understand and communicate the benefits and responsibilities of being an FE governor to potential volunteers; work with college governing board chairs and governance professionals (clerks) to better understand the candidate requirements for the roles that are to be filled; and to ensure a diverse selection of appropriately qualified and well-briefed candidates for interview by the board.
A minimum of 140 appropriately skilled and diverse governors to be appointed to key governor roles over the Contract Period (210 should the optional extension period be utilised), with a minimum of 60 within in the first year. Support and advice for boards to put in place effective induction, support and development to help new governors understand their new responsibilities, and to continue in their roles for the longer term.
This procurement will be run through Jaggaer, the Department's e-Tendering platform. You must be registered on Jaggaer bid for this opportunity: https://education.app.jaggaer.com. Please navigate to the Jaggaer homepage, click view opportunities, and the select project_8439_FE Governor Recruitment, itt_3382 - Further Education Governor Recruitment Service.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
- Early engagement
- Published 23 December 2024
About the buyer
Address
Sanctuary Buildings
London
SW1P 3BT
England
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