Published date: 2 November 2021

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: 2 December 2021, 12pm

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

£3,600,000

Procurement reference

tender_283083/1007952

Published date

2 November 2021

Closing date

2 December 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 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

The Department of Education is looking to award contracts to fund the delivery of governor and trustee recruitment and matching services along with a high-quality onboarding service and expert guidance for all those recruited.

Contracts will run for an initial period of two years from April 2022 to March 2024 with the provision to extend for a further year. The Department wants to encourage applications from a range of providers, including consortium bids to promote evidence-based innovative solutions and support the development of a sustainable market. We are looking to fund both small and large organisations, including schools and trusts with excellent governance. To this end, the procurement has two lots:

Lot 1 - bids of the contract value to a maximum of £650,000 per annum for the years 2022-23 and 2023-24 (inclusive of all VAT that may be chargeable) to deliver a national service to recruit and match trustees and members to the boards of Single Academy Trusts (SATs) and to Trusts with multiple academies (MATs), along with a high-quality onboarding service and expert guidance for all those recruited.

Lot 2 - bids of the contract value to a maximum of £550,000 per annum for the years 2022-23 and 2023-24 (inclusive of all VAT that may be chargeable) to deliver a national service to recruit governors to the boards of Local Authority maintained schools and academy Local Governing Bodies, along with a high-quality onboarding service and expert guidance for all those recruited.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Trustee and Governor Recruitment and Induction Support Programmes - CF

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 31 August 2021, last edited 22 September 2021

Links

Additional text

This open tender competition is being run via the DfE's e-procurement portal, Jaggaer. Links to the site and related guidance can be found via the following link:


About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Bld, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

Governance.RECRUITMENT@education.gov.uk