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Published 16 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Strengthening the Supported Internships Programme

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

3 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 2 lots per supplier
Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£6,400,000total for 3 lots
Submissions closed 13 May 2022awarded 2 Sept 2022
Awarded to Inclusive Trading Community Interest Company, National Development Team for Inclusion2 awards

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Supported Internships (SIs) are a work-based study programme for 16-24 year olds with SEND who have an

Education Health and Care plan, who want to move into employment and who need extra support to do so. SIs

are designed to equip young people with the skills they need to secure and sustain employment through

learning in the workplace.

The DfE wants to build the capacity of the SI programme and are aiming to double the number of SIs from

c.2,250 internship enrolments per annum to c.4,500 per annum by 2025.

We are commissioning two contracts to deliver services to meet these aims.

Lot 1 ‘Strengthening the Supported Internships Programme'

Lot 2 ‘Delivery of Job Coach training’

CPV: Administrative educational services · Education and training services

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · no lot values published · win at most 2 of them
Lot #1• Support to Local Authorities to establish and develop SEND employment forums,…Planned
  • Support to Local Authorities to establish and develop SEND employment forums, including payment and administration of section 14 grants
  • Delivery of accredited job coach training programmes and training in systematic instruction
  • Engaging and supporting employers to offer high quality work placements
  • Establishing a sustainable audit process, to measure the quality of SI provision against a Quality Assurance framework Additional information: This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services for the Department. The procurement of any services will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The purpose of this PIN is to stimulate early market interest and invite interested parties to take part in preliminary market consultations.
Delivery: UK
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #2Strengthening the Supported Internships ProgrammeAwarded

Activity will include:

Support to Local Authorities to establish and develop SEND employment forums,

including administering and monitoring of section 14 grants

Engaging and supporting employers to offer high quality work placements

Establishing a sustainable process to improve the quality of Supported Internship

provision, using a Quality Assurance framework

Communication activity

Programme co-ordination

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #3Delivery of Job Coach trainingAwarded

Delivery of accredited Job Coach training to support the programme.

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
80000000 Education and training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
9 May 2025, 14:35 BST
Award evaluation window
13 May 2022 – …
Authority reference
2022/S 000-025256
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020106
Classification (CPV)
Administrative educational servicesEducation and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03180f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

Publisher note: Both contracts have been awarded following the completion of an open procurement procedure. Contract terms will run until 31st March 2024, with a further optional 12 month extension available at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

education.app.jaggaer.com ↗

Timeline

1 Apr 2022 → 9 May 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    9 May 2025, 14:35 BST

Notice history

4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Apr 2022
  1. Status changed to active
    6 Apr 2022, 13:56 BST
  2. Procurement method changed
    6 Apr 2022, 13:56 BST
  3. Deadline published: 13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
    6 Apr 2022, 13:56 BST
  4. Status changed to complete
    8 Sept 2022, 14:57 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextII.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) · Section II: ObjectValue excluding VAT: £5,766,991.54Value excluding VAT: £7,508,857.16
—TextV.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT) · Section V.Total value of the contract/lot: £4,537,165.04Total value of the contract/lot: £5,966,482.76
—TextV.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT) · Section V.Total value of the contract/lot: £1,229,827Total value of the contract/lot: £1,542,374.40 (excl. VAT)
—TextVI.3) Additional information · Section VI.—On 11th April 2025 a variation was to extend both the Lot 1 and Lot 2 contracts for a further 12 months with a revised end date of 31st March 2026.

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-02: 1 release · 16 Feb 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £5,766,9922 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 53 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 2 Sept 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 2 · Strengthening the Supported Internships Programme1 award
National Development Team for InclusionStrengthening Supported Internships ProgrammSubcontracting: declared£4,537,165 †—Awarded
Lot 3 · Delivery of Job Coach training1 award
Inclusive Trading Community Interest CompanySMESubcontracting: declared£1,229,827 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2 · Strengthening the Supported Internships Programme4bids · 1 from abroad2——
3 · Delivery of Job Coach training1bids1——

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 Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria