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title: "Career Changer Programme 2022 and 2023 Cohorts"
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# Career Changer Programme 2022 and 2023 Cohorts

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/career-changer-programme-2022-and-2023-cohorts-ocds-h6vhtk-02ada1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Career Changer Programme 2022 and 2023 Cohorts". Published status: complete. Published Value: £4,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: education.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** £4,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 July 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,997,006 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/career-changer-programme-2022-and-2023-cohorts-ocds-h6vhtk-02ada1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ada1`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/career-changer-programme-2022-and-2023-cohorts-ocds-h6vhtk-02ada1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [education.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/career-changer-programme-2022-and-2023-cohorts-ocds-h6vhtk-02ada1#participate

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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80500000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Government believes that all pupils, regardless of birth or background, should receive an excellent education wherever they are. Central to this is ensuring all schools throughout England have access to high quality teachers.
The Programme will s...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2021 to 31/10/2025

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 026588-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Now Teach**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-32607`
  - Value: £2,997,006 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 026588-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,997,006
  - Signed Date: 11/10/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026588-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-22T21:45:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T10:38:50.789Z
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