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title: "Practice Development Groups for teachers and trainers in the Further Education and Training Sector"
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# Practice Development Groups for teachers and trainers in the Further Education and Training Sector

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/practice-development-groups-for-teachers-and-trainers-in-the-further-education-and-trainin-ocds-h6vhtk-029e15). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Education and Training Foundation: "Practice Development Groups for teachers and trainers in the Further Education and Training Sector". 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:** [The Education and Training Foundation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-education-and-training-foundation-GB-PPON-PTPV-9936-RPRN)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Industrial and technical training services, Specialist training services, Training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £157,174 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029e15`

## 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/practice-development-groups-for-teachers-and-trainers-in-the-further-education-and-trainin-ocds-h6vhtk-029e15#tl-md)

## Description
Several contracts have been awarded to establish Practice Development Groups (PDGs) in nine regions across England. This new ETF programme was designed to promote practitioner-led, collaborative professional development across the Further Education and Training sector. PDGs consist of action learning sets of practitioners who work together on a short-term, small-scale project to improve an aspect of their teaching, learning and assessment over a four-month period. Each successful tenderer is running two rounds of PDG’s per academic year (October- January and January – April). The appointed tenderers act as hubs for 8-10 groups (4-5 per round) with group facilitators supporting participants in running action learning sets.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80500000, 80510000, 80531000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) awarded 7 contracts to successful tenderers to lead Professional Development Groups (PDGs).
Improving the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in maths and English is a high priority for the Departm...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 005796-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Association of Colleges, Burnley College, Calderdale College (+4 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-9701`, `GB-FTS-105996`, `GB-FTS-77375`, `GB-FTS-9700`, `GB-FTS-145399`, `GB-FTS-9704`, `GB-FTS-9703`
  - Value: £157,174 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 005796-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £157,174
  - Signed Date: 06/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005796-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-22T16:16:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:02:05.983Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029e15