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# Evidence-Based Early Years Maths Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/evidence-based-early-years-maths-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0550f5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Evidence-Based Early Years Maths Programme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £4,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT. 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:** 5 December 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKC, UKD, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £4,407,915 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/evidence-based-early-years-maths-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0550f5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0550f5`

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[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/evidence-based-early-years-maths-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0550f5#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/evidence-based-early-years-maths-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0550f5#participate

## Description
The Department for Education is commissioning an evidence-based early maths programme aimed at improving numeracy outcomes for children in early years settings across England. 
Early maths skills are strongly linked to later academic achievement and workforce success, yet many children begin school without the expected level of development in maths. 
Despite its importance within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), maths remains one of the lowest-performing areas, partly due to limited training and confidence among educators. 
This contract will support the delivery of an evidence-based early maths programme to at least 5,000 settings, with a minimum completion rate of 80%, and requires programmes to be backed by robust evaluation, either a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) or Quasi-Experimental Design (QED) plus an implementation and process evaluation (IPE).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £4,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/08/2029

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

  - Supplier(s): **National Day Nurseries Association**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:03738616`
  - Value: £4,407,915 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 06/02/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,407,915
  - Signed Date: 13/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F070870-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-25T15:15:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T08:20:30.191Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0550f5