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title: "Overseas Qualification mapping and verification (TRA)"
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# Overseas Qualification mapping and verification (TRA)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/overseas-qualification-mapping-and-verification-tra-ocds-h6vhtk-03a45c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Overseas Qualification mapping and verification (TRA)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £179,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03a45c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/overseas-qualification-mapping-and-verification-tra-ocds-h6vhtk-03a45c#tl-md)

## Description
The TRA currently operates a system that allows teachers trained in Australia, Canada, EEA member states,
New Zealand and the USA to apply for their professional qualifications to be automatically recognised in
England. Successful applicants are awarded qualified teacher status (QTS) without needing to complete
additional training or statutory induction in England. In total teachers from 34 countries are eligible to apply
through the current system. Teachers who have trained in other overseas countries cannot apply for
recognition in England and must complete either an English initial teacher training course or the Assessment
Only programme to obtain QTS.
In January 2023 the Department for Education (DfE) intends to introduce a new recognition system that will
provide teachers from any country with the opportunity to apply for automatic recognition in England.
Applicants will need to be able to evidence they meet a defined set of criteria to demonstrate they have a
comparable level of training and experience to an English trained teacher. The criterium for the new
framework is more extensive than the criteria overseas teachers need to meet under the current recognition
system.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The TRA currently operates a system that allows teachers trained in Australia, Canada, EEA member states,
New Zealand and the USA to apply for their professional qualifications to be automatically recognised in
England. Successful applicants are awar...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 004040-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ecctis Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174663`
  - Value: £179,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 004040-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £179,000
  - Signed Date: 06/01/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004040-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-02-09T14:13:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:19:06.420Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03a45c