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# Improving democratic education framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/improving-democratic-education-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-0547a8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Electoral Commission: "Improving democratic education framework". Published status: active. Concession Value: £600,000. 7 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendorganiser.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Electoral Commission](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-electoral-commission-gov-im1203)
- **Concession Value (operator's expected revenue):** £600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 7
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services, Social research services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/improving-democratic-education-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-0547a8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0547a8`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **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/improving-democratic-education-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-0547a8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendorganiser.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendorganiser.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/improving-democratic-education-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-0547a8#participate

## Description
The Electoral Commission and democratic education
The Electoral Commission is the independent public body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and ensure its integrity.
The Voter Education and Partnership team provides engaging, accurate and impartial information about democracy, elections and voting so that eligible and future voters can cast their votes confidently.
Our education work aims to promote greater consistency in democratic education, increase young people's knowledge and understanding of democracy and elections, and increase educators' understanding of and confidence to deliver this topic.
Our recent research report, Young Voices on Democracy, highlighted that young people don't currently have the knowledge they need to be confident about politics and voting.
Less than a third know a lot about what the UK government does, and only half of those yet to vote feel confident about the process. There is a clear need for more democratic education in schools and colleges to support young people to become informed, engaged voters: only a third of school age children said they learnt about politics at school in the last year, yet almost three quarters told us they wanted more opportunities to do so.
We are currently focusing on the following initiatives to help us achieve our aims:
• Youth Voice Network: our youth engagement network is made up of 60 young people in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This group of young people feed into our education work and develop resources to support their peers to learn about democracy.
• Education resources: we have developed resources - including a scheme of work for schools, and activities for youth groups - aimed at supporting young people across the UK to learn about democracy and elections
• Welcome to Your Vote Week: every year we hold Welcome to Your Vote Week, which encourages young people and educators to engage in democratic education and to start the conversation about upcoming elections.
We are now looking to work with civil society organisations to develop and evaluate projects that will increase democratic education in schools, colleges and youth settings.
Please see attachment for Welsh translation.

## Lots (7)
### Lot 1: Managing service provision - convening and co-ordination
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79315000, 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £200,000
- **Description:** Lead on convening education partners and academics in the democratic education sector, together with the Electoral Commission.
Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
- **Contract Period:** 26/08/2025 to 26/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Education projects, schemes of work and lesson plans for secondary and  post 16
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79315000, 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £120,000
- **Description:** In line with the citizenship curriculum and current school and college priorities, develop resources that strengthen learners' knowledge and understanding of our democratic system.
Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
- **Contract Period:** 26/08/2025 to 26/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Teacher and youth group training
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79315000, 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £100,000
- **Description:** Use subject knowledge and expertise to develop and deliver training in line with the latest CPD guidance for teachers and youth practitioners. We are keen to explore both e-learning and traditional learning methods.
Please Note: Value added is indica...
- **Contract Period:** 26/08/2025 to 26/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Mis and disinformation
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79315000, 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £50,000
- **Description:** Develop, deliver and evaluate projects that support young people to identify, understand and become resilient to mis- and disinformation about elections and voting.
Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
- **Contract Period:** 26/08/2025 to 26/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 5: Primary education
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79315000, 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £50,000
- **Description:** Develop, deliver and evaluate projects that increase and improve democratic education in
primary schools.
Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
- **Contract Period:** 26/08/2025 to 26/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 6: SEND provision
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79315000, 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £50,000
- **Description:** Develop, deliver and evaluate democratic education provision for SEND schools and learners.
Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
- **Contract Period:** 26/08/2025 to 26/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 7: Provision for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79315000, 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £30,000
- **Description:** Expand our existing education provision in either Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, focusing on mapping provision, partner engagement and dissemination of resources.
Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
- **Contract Period:** 26/08/2025 to 26/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031916-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-19T09:49:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T15:38:10.874Z
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