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title: "Early Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 1 Materials and Training"
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# Early Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 1 Materials and Training

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/early-years-ey-special-educational-needs-and-disability-send-continuous-professional-devel-ocds-h6vhtk-067130). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Early Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 1 Materials and Training". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,166,667. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Jun 2026, 17:00 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:** £3,166,667 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 June 2026 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £2,016,500 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 12 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/early-years-ey-special-educational-needs-and-disability-send-continuous-professional-devel-ocds-h6vhtk-067130#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-067130`

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- **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/early-years-ey-special-educational-needs-and-disability-send-continuous-professional-devel-ocds-h6vhtk-067130#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [education.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.app.jaggaer.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/early-years-ey-special-educational-needs-and-disability-send-continuous-professional-devel-ocds-h6vhtk-067130#participate

## Description
Early 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,166,667

- **Contract Period:** 15/07/2026 to 15/09/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Dingley's Promise**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:07279320`
  - Value: £2,016,500 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 16/07/2026

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Dingley's Promise**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:07279320`
  - Value: £2,016,500 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,016,500
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F048906-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-13T10:56:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T01:31:30.155Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-067130