Post-16 English GCSE/FSQ Resit - Further Education Workforce Continuous Professional Development

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

Services

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 30 Nov 2023from the planned procurement notice

Notice summaryFrom the published notice

DfE has previously published its commitments to Further Education (FE) providers in the Skills for Jobs: Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth White Paper. The paper identifies a need to ensure all FE providers are well managed, governed and have the best quality teachers and lecturers. The DfE is seeking feedback from the market so it can understand market interest and capacity to deliver English Level 2 ‘resit’ CPD, on a national or regional basis, before defining its finalising its next steps for any grant award / competitive process.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DfE has previously published its commitments to Further Education (FE) providers in the Skills for Jobs: Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth White Paper. The paper identifies a need to ensure all FE providers are well managed, governed and have the best quality teachers and lecturers. In doing so, we will ensure that post-16 further education students have access to world-class technical and vocational education, providing the skills both individuals and employers need for the future economy.

Achieving a level 2 qualification in both maths and English, through GCSE or Functional Skills Qualifications (FSQs), helps students to progress to further study, training and skilled employment. The maths and English Condition of Funding (‘resit’ policy) ensures that all 16 to 19-year-olds have the best chance of achieving this standard and get the necessary support to do so.

DfE is committed to this policy and therefore it is important that teachers in Further Education providers have access to the best development which focuses on the skills needed to help resit learners achieve their potential.

The DfE is seeking feedback from the market so it can understand market interest and capacity to deliver English Level 2 ‘resit’ CPD, on a national or regional basis, before defining its finalising its next steps for any grant award / competitive process.

CPV: Education and training services · Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1As per previous commentaryPlanned

Delivery: UK

80000000 Education and training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 27 Jun 2023, 11:39 BST
Last source update: 27 Jun 2023, 11:39 BST
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-018213
Classification (CPV): Education and training servicesTraining services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03dcbd Find a Tender

Publisher note: Interested organisations should register on the DfE’s e-procurement tool, Jaggaer. Please register for an account at https://education.app.jaggaer.com/ and search for Project_8211, SSQ_398 under “current opportunities”. The DfE asks that interested organisations complete a short survey by 13:00 on 14 July 2023. Please complete the response form within Project_8211, SSQ_398. DfE is holding an early supplier engagement webinar via Microsoft Teams at 13:00 on 12 July 2023 which will run for approximately 30-45 minutes. The purpose of the webinar is to provide further information about the policy objectives and initial considerations regarding a potential competitive process, to help inform interest organisations responses to the survey. If your organisation is interested in attending the webinar, please express an interest via the Jaggaer message board in Project_8211 by 14:00 on 11July 2023. Please note, organisations do not need to attend the webinar in order to complete the survey.

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: portal not identified

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/ ↗

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

27 Jun 2023 → 30 Nov 2023 · 2 dates

Notice published
27 Jun 2023, 11:39 BST
Tender notice expected
30 Nov 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Education

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEducation Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BTContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

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