Official UK procurement notice
Subject Matter Experts for Early Language, Early Maths and Personal, Social and Emotional Development Learning Leads
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)
Published estimate£824,368≈ £412k / year · £1,030,460 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 6 Feb 2026awarded 13 Mar 2026
Awarded to Empowering Educational International Limited (Etio), ICAN CHARITY3 awards
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are looking to appoint subject matter experts to support early language, early maths and PSED learning leads via 3 separate contracts.
This requirement includes:
- Reviewing and providing feedback on existing DfE training modules
- Developing and piloting new training modules
- Training early language and early maths leads to deliver new and existing
DfE training modules
- Supporting early language and early maths leads to deliver training
- Facilitating networking and collaboration between early language leads and early maths leads to share best practice.
More detailed information can be found within the tender documentation
By improving the quality of early language and early maths provision, this investment will help more children meet the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) and achieve a Good Level of Development (GLD) to deliver on key commitments made in the Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life strategy published in July 2025.
- Not divided into lots: Under consideration
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 10 Nov 2028, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£824,368
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How this buyer will score bids.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Price per quality point: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Price per quality point
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 10 Nov 2028
- First published
- 10 Oct 2025, 14:15 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jul 2026, 12:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
project_10146 itt_3805- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001901- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05acd0Find a Tender
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All tenders must be submitted via the Jaggaer eProcurement platform education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
Potential suppliers must register on the platform to access tender documents and to submit bids
Timeline
10 Oct 2025 → 21 Jul 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published372 days ago10 Oct 2025, 14:15 BST
- Market engagement351 days ago30 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
Interested parties are invited to a market engagement event on Thursday 23 October from 10:00 to 11:00 to hear further details and share any views or questions relating to this potential opportunity.
Please register your interest in attending via Jaggaer education.app.jaggaer.com ↗
Please note:
- This notice is for early market engagement and exploratory purposes and is not a call for competition.
- The Department for Education reserves the right not to enter any formal processes or agreements.
- Accordingly, the Department for Education will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work, or effort incurred by a provider in acting based on this notice.
- Next notice expected322 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published281 days ago9 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
- Clarification questions by263 days ago27 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline253 days ago6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by224 days ago6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent218 days ago13 Mar 2026
- Standstill ends205 days ago25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts199 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published88 days ago21 Jul 2026, 12:32 BST
Notice history
13 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Oct 2025, 14:15 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Oct 2025, 15:40 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published9 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £824,3689 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMTwas £0
- Status changed to active9 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
- Procurement method changed9 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
- Deadline published: 3 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT9 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
- Tender notice published9 Jan 2026, 16:56 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT9 Jan 2026, 16:56 GMT+3 days · was 3 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published13 Mar 2026, 14:51 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Mar 2026, 14:51 GMT
- Contract signature expected1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published21 Jul 2026, 12:32 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 9 Jan 2026
- 2025-10: 2 releases · 10 Oct 2025, 10 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 3
Awarded value £662,8063 awards exc. VAT
Bids received 42 from SMEs
Contracts signed 3latest 1 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empowering Educational International Limited (Etio)Subject Matter Experts for Social and Emotional Development Learning Leads1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: 12 months | £124,000 | 13 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
| Empowering Educational International Limited (Etio)Subject Matter Experts for Early Maths Learning Leads1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: 12 months | £260,000 | 13 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
| ICAN CHARITYSMEEarly Language Leads1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: 12 months | £278,806 | 13 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Subject Matter Experts for Social and Emotional Development Learning Leads · Empowering Educational International Limited (Etio)
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £124,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 12 months
3 agreed KPIs: Training Completion Rate · Training Quality and Impact · Follow up Support and Quality Assurance
- Training Completion Rate, Ensure full capability and consistency across the national network of Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) Leads, which directly supports the programme’s overarching goal: improving early years educators’ capacity to strengthen PSED practice.
- Training Quality and Impact, Ensure the design and delivery of a training package for PSED leads that is high quality, relevant, and applicable to their role.
- Follow up Support and Quality Assurance, Ensure ongoing engagement and high-quality delivery by PSED Leads through follow-up support and quality assurance to maintain programme standards and drive continuous improvement.
Subject Matter Experts for Early Maths Learning Leads · Empowering Educational International Limited (Etio)
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £260,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 12 months
4 agreed KPIs: Training Completion Rate: · Training Quality and Impact · Follow up Support and Quality Assurance …
- Training Completion Rate:, Ensure full capability and consistency across the national network of early maths leads, which directly supports the programme’s overarching goal: improving early years practitioners’ capacity to strengthen early maths practice.
- Training Quality and Impact, Ensure the design and delivery of a training package for early maths leads that is high quality, relevant, and applicable to their role.
- Follow up Support and Quality Assurance, Ensure ongoing engagement and high-quality delivery by early maths leads through follow-up support and quality assurance to maintain programme standards and drive continuous improvement.
- Networking and Collaboration, Ensure that a national early maths leads network is established, providing mechanisms for sharing best practice and providing a community of support
Early Language Leads · ICAN CHARITYSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £278,806
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 12 months
4 agreed KPIs: Training Completion Rate: · Training Quality and Impact · Follow up Support and Quality Assurance …
- Training Completion Rate:, Ensure full capability and consistency across the national network of early language leads, which directly supports the programme’s overarching goal: improving early years educators’ capacity to strengthen early language practice.
- Training Quality and Impact, Ensure the design and delivery of a training package for early language leads that is high quality, relevant, and applicable to their role.
- Follow up Support and Quality Assurance, Ensure ongoing engagement and high-quality delivery by early language leads through follow-up support and quality assurance to maintain programme standards and drive continuous improvement.
- Networking and Collaboration, Ensure that a national early language leads network is established, providing mechanisms for sharing best practice and providing a community of support
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 2 | 3 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Empowering Education International LimitedAwarded supplier
- I CAN, Speech and Language UKAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (10)
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