Notice Information
Notice Title
Nutrition content for early years practitioners
Notice Description
This PIN is for market engagement only. It does not signify the commencement of any procurement process and does not constitute any commitment by the Department for Education. If the Department for Education decides to commence any procurement process as contemplated by this notice, a separate notice will be published at the relevant time. The requirements and values set out below may be subject to change.**THIS PIN NOTICE IS TO NOTIFY SUPPLIERS OF A POTENTIAL UPCOMING REQUIREMENT THAT WILL BE ADVERTISED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION - Educational and Children's Social Care Professionals DPS (ECSC DPS)** **THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION** To tender for this work and to be eligible to bid, you must be fully registered in advance on the Department for Educations e-procurement system Jaggaer and must successfully gain membership onto the ECSC DPS by 10th October 2023. Please note it can take 5-7 days after registration is submitted to gain membership. Further information and how to register can be found in the 'Additional Text' section of this PIN. Evidence tells us that healthy nutritious food is vital to allow children to learn and develop positively. The Department for Education (DfE) intends to undertake a procurement exercise to appoint a suitably experienced organisation, or individual, to develop high-quality comprehensive online 'Nutrition' content to support practitioners to understand and fulfil the requirement within the Early Years Foundation Stage framework that states: 'Where children are provided with meals, snacks and drinks, they must be healthy, balanced and nutritious'. The successful bidder will utilise their expertise and understanding of early years nutrition and the early years sector to fulfil a number of activities. This will include producing printable recipe cards, videos and images to support the written content, to make it accessible and engaging for the intended audience. The DfE will be holding a market engagement event on Thursday 21st September, 11:00 - 12:00. If you wish to attend the market engagement event, you must register for the event via the registration page. The registration page can be accessed by using the link below. The event will be held via Microsoft Teams. https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/yXfS-grGoU2187O4s0qC-Q,81obNWmdWU2MhQNzKPwcTA,rHuqwJqb_U6eHt6kr96XfA,WDxT5-ZtR0KGWoeH4sceVA,ap_uaUy090q5wsBWtOjFrw,WI9NlgY7TUSSKPDfM5O1KQ?mode=read&tenantId=fad277c9-c60a-4da1-b5f3-b3b8b34a82f9 The Procurement will be run using the DfE - Educational and Children's Social Care Professionals Dynamic Purchasing System (ECSC DPS) via the DfE e-procurement system Jaggaer. Links * Jaggaer e-Procurement Portal Registration o https://education.app.jaggaer.com * JAGGAER - ECSC DPS Supplier Registration Guidance o https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/eb9ac94d-4d92-473b-ad03-f2f7d668de30 * DfE Nutrition content - Market Engagement event registration Additional information: The Procurement will be run using the Department for Education - Education and Children's Social Care Dynamic Purchasing System (ECSC DPS) via the Department for Education e-procurement system Jaggaer. This opportunity will be published under the categories : ECSC13 Operational development and delivery ECSC15 Individual who can write content that supports operational delivery in the education sector ECSC21 Individual(s) with subject specific expertise that can be used to assess, support the creation/development and advise on delivery and operation of National Curriculum Subject Matter Experts for Early Years Foundation through to Key Stage 5, and Further Education settings covering technical and applied qualifications To tender for this work and to be eligible to bid, you must: * register in advance * be fully registered on the Department for Educations e-procurement system Jaggaer * successfully gain membership onto the ECSC DPS in one of the above Categories by 10th October 2023. Please note that it may take 5-7 working days from application submission to being fully registered. Bidders who are not already registered on the portal can register here: https://education.app.jaggaer.com and sign up to the Dynamic Purchasing System. Please read and follow the steps as outlined in the guidance attached to submit your application to join the Department for Education ECSC DPS via Jaggaer. For any assistance required in registering please contact the Jaggaer helpdesk: help_UK@jaggaer.com This notice is a zero value PIN notice to initiate pre-market engagement. It is for information only and is not a call for competition. This PIN is intended to inform the market of a potential future procurement exercise to appoint a supplier to work with the Department for Education on providing the outlined service. The Department for Education reserves the right not to enter a formal procurement process and not proceed with contract award. Accordingly, the Department for Education will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work, or effort incurred by any organisation in acting on the basis of this Prior Information Notice. All information included in this notice is indicative and subject to change and is neither exhaustive nor binding. The Department for Education reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b18c6e8a-6cee-47e1-961c-3b2f8556dc4d
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78cb104c-74db-4161-8822-f072bf412aed
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Not specified
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80110000 - Pre-school education services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £33,083 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Oct 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 16 Oct 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 13 Nov 2023 - 29 Mar 2024 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MANCHESTER
- Postcode
- M1 2WD
- Post Town
- Manchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD33 Manchester
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Manchester
- Electoral Ward
- Piccadilly
- Westminster Constituency
- Manchester Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78cb104c-74db-4161-8822-f072bf412aed
10th October 2023 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/71045216-6519-49cd-b33b-87cb2f804f7d
A copy of the slides presented at the market engagement event held on 21 September 2023. -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6132d048-f661-44f7-a364-9ecf1135ecf1
Frequently asked questions log.
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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