Published date: 14 November 2022

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: 14 December 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_308777/1112847

Published date

14 November 2022

Closing date

14 December 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 March 2023

Contract end date

2 March 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 Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to procure a provider to establish a Centre of Excellence to manage the Language Hubs Programme.


The role of the Centre of Excellence will include:

Managing a network of lead and partner hub schools, with national coverage, to deliver their strategic priorities;

Delivering continuous professional development (CPD) courses to language teachers nationally;

Managing, or arrange for a sub-contractor to manage, a discrete German Promotion Programme;

Increasing the profile of, and access to, home, heritage, and community languages;

Complementing other DfE language initiatives and wider curriculum programmes.

The contractor will deliver the aims of the Language Hubs programme. This includes increasing primary and secondary teacher quality and confidence in languages teaching, improving transition from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3, and increasing opportunities to study languages for those students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The contract is expected to begin on 02 March 2023. The contract will run for 3 years with potential for extension.


A supplier market engagement event will take place via Teams on

Monday 28th November 2022, 11:00-12:30

Details of this event will be sent to interested parties following registration.


Bidders who are not already registered on the portal can register here: https://education.app.jaggaer.com

For any assistance required in registering please contact the Jaggaer helpdesk: help_UK@jaggaer.com 

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Anne Hardy

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

anne.hardy@education.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education