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Official UK procurement notice

Early Years -Foundation Years

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

ServicesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submission deadline Not published
Next notice expected 1 Aug 2025
Contract term 1 yr 6 mostarts 20 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Foundation Years contract will cover a direct communications channel with the Early Years sector. Through this channel, a subscriber list of around 25,000 EY educators is maintained. The supplier would be responsible for a monthly newsletter via email, daily social media content across a variety of platforms including Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn.

The contract would also cover the maintenance and update of the Foundation Years website, including the regular creation of new content e.g. podcasts as well as running an online and in person conference on behalf of the department annually.

CPV: Education and training services · Pre-school education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Cancelled 1 yr 6 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 20 Nov 2025 — 20 May 2027 (1 yr 6 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: UK
80000000 Education and training services80110000 Pre-school education services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Oct 2025, 13:50 BST
Last source update
24 Oct 2025, 13:50 BST
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesPre-school education services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051c84

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published
    22 May 2025, 09:03 BST
  2. Next notice expected
    1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Latest notice published334 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 13:50 BST
  4. Contract starts307 days ago
    20 Nov 2025, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—24 Oct 2025CancelledThe requirement is now to be procured compliantly via a Framework Agreement

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025
  1. Procurement termination notice published
    24 Oct 2025, 13:50 BSTUK12
  2. Status changed to withdrawn
    24 Oct 2025, 13:50 BST
  3. Buyer details updated
    24 Oct 2025, 13:50 BST
  4. Pipeline notice published
    22 May 2025, 09:03 BSTUK1

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Education

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDZG-3487-DPVD Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London, London, SW1P3BT

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender