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# Professional Development Programme - Phase 3

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/professional-development-programme-phase-3-ocds-h6vhtk-034570). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Professional Development Programme - Phase 3". Published status: complete. Published Value: £19,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Jul 2022. 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:** £19,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 July 2022 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £15,943,019 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034570`

## 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/professional-development-programme-phase-3-ocds-h6vhtk-034570#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/professional-development-programme-phase-3-ocds-h6vhtk-034570#participate

## Description
This contract will deliver the third phase of the Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP3). PDP3 will build on two earlier phases of the programme (PDP1 and PDP2).
The objective of PDP3, a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, is to equip up to 10,000 Early Years Practitioners (EYPs) with the skills they need to provide high quality support for early years children (age 2 – 4) by March 2025. This programme will have a particular emphasis on communication and language, maths, and Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED). The Contract covers all upper tier Local Authorities (across England), with a focus on reaching Settings with high levels of disadvantaged children whose learning has been most affected by COVID-19.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £19,500,000
- **Description:** This contract is as a result of a competitive tendering exercise subject to OJEU principles and PCR 2015. This is a single stage open procurement exercise taking into account quality, price and social value.

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Early Years Professional Development Programme – Phase 3 (PDP3) (active)
  - Award id: `031767-2022-con_16594-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Education Development Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134628`
  - Value: £15,943,019 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Early Years Professional Development Programme – Phase 3 (PDP3) (active)
  - Signed Value: £15,943,019
  - Signed Date: 09/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031767-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-09T17:30:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:16:26.778Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-034570