Official UK procurement notice
Early Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 1 Materials and Training
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
Re-procurement plannedEarly Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 2 Materials and Training · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEarly Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 1 Materials and Training
Procurement Description
This Tender Notice is in relation to the Department for Education Early Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 1 Materials and Training.
Department for Education are seeking to procure an online package of training with learning materials for early years practitioners on SEND and make this available and accessible for all early years practitioners from September 2026 for up to 12 months, with the possibility of extension on a quarterly basis for up to an additional 12 months if required
The training should:
Be specific to SEND in early years only, specifically ages 0-4.
Be available and applicable to all early years practitioners, regardless of qualification level or setting type (PVIs, school-based nurseries, childminders etc.) and meet government accessibility standards.
Be in an online, modular, self-paced format that users can revisit at their convenience with videos/webinars dispersed amongst the online learning.
Provide a minimum of 20 hours of content, to enable and support learning beyond the level currently covered in the DfE’s Early Years Child Development Training, module 8.
Cover, at a minimum, content around inclusive practice and methods for embedding this within a setting and information/guidance on engaging with parents of children with SEND.
A combination of existing and newly configured content is acceptable, provided mobilisation and outcomes requirements are met.
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DfE uses Jaggaer e-procurement portal. Suppliers must register/log in to access the full ITT and submit a response. Please refer to ITT 3968.
The Tender period is Tuesday 26 May and closes at 5pm on Friday 12 June.
Clarification period will be until 5pm on Friday 06 June. Please submit Clarification Questions via Jaggaer messaging portal.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,166,667
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Mobilisation and Delivery: 50%
- Digital Requirements: 15%
- Subject Matter Expertise: 25%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Mobilisation and Delivery
- Digital Requirements
- Subject Matter Expertise
- Social Value
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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Mar 2026, 11:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2026, 11:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
EY SEND CPD 1 Year- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-048906- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067130Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders should be submitted via the Jaggaer portal. Suppliers should regiser for access. Clarification Questions should be sent via the Jaggaer messaging system. ITT reference 3968.
Timeline
23 Mar 2026 → 13 Aug 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published213 days ago23 Mar 2026, 11:29 GMT
- Market engagement189 days ago15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Open early engagement - this means that a procurement idea is currently active, it is in the early stage of development and judging interest from potential suppliers.
On 16th January 2026, the government announced a £200 million investment in SEND teacher training. The package was described as including: A new Early Years CPD programme, providing free, accessible training focused on inclusive practice, child development, and practical strategies for supporting children with SEND – available to all early years practitioners. We are currently also conducting separate market engagement on procurement for the creation of a new, more extensive package of training to become available from autumn 2027.
Further, on the 23rd February 2026, as part of the SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First consultation document, it was published that all staff in early years will be entitled to receive high quality-training from September 2026.
The Department for Education (DfE) is commencing market engagement and seeking feedback to inform interest from the market and viability of the requirements for the first phase of the investment.
Interested parties are invited to attend an online market engagement event to be held 15th April 13:00-14:00 to hear further details about this opportunity and share thoughts and questions about the future programme through a feedback questionnaire. Please note, in the interest of fairness, attendance will be limited to 2 people per organisation.
To reguster please clock on the following link education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
Select 'View opportunities' and SSQ 749 Early Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Pre‑Developed CPD Materials and Training
Joining instructions can be found within the attachements section.
Follow up 1-2-1 interviews may be scheduled at the discretion of the Department, and further information on this will be shared during the event.
DfE may also decide to host further engagement events prior to the launch of a formal tender process. Further details will be provided in due course.
This market engagement notice does not signify the commencement of any competitive process, nor does it constitute a commitment to any future procurement activity.
- Tender notice published148 days ago26 May 2026, 15:13 BST
- Next notice expected148 days ago26 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by138 days ago5 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline131 days ago12 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by98 days ago15 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts98 days ago16 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent97 days ago17 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published70 days ago13 Aug 2026, 11:56 BST
Notice history
16 events · 11 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Mar 2026- Planned procurement notice published23 Mar 2026, 11:29 GMTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published23 Mar 2026, 11:42 GMTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Mar 2026, 12:07 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Mar 2026, 12:28 GMTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published23 Mar 2026, 12:45 GMTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Mar 2026, 12:59 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Mar 2026, 12:40 GMTUK2
- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 11:07 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £3,166,66722 May 2026, 11:07 BSTwas £3,200,000
- Tender notice published26 May 2026, 15:13 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active26 May 2026, 15:13 BST
- Deadline moved to 12 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST26 May 2026, 15:13 BST+28 days · was 15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract award notice published17 Jul 2026, 14:56 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Jul 2026, 14:56 BST
- Contract signature expected29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published13 Aug 2026, 11:56 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (11)
- 2026-05: 1 release · 22 May 2026
- 2026-03: 7 releases · 23 Mar 2026, 26 Mar 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dingley's Promise30 Jul 2026 – 15 Sept 2027 · up to 15 Sept 2028Extensions: up to 12 months | £2,016,500 | 17 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
| Dingley's Promise | £2,016,500 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Dingley's Promise
- Signed
- 10 Aug 2026
- Value
- £2,016,500
- Period
- 10 Aug 2026 – 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- up to 12 Months
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Dingley's PromiseAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (11)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
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