Planning

Nutrition content for early years practitioners

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Planning

10 Oct 2023 at 09:52

Planning

28 Sep 2023 at 08:57

Planning

07 Sep 2023 at 10:08

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education is planning a procurement exercise for the development of high-quality online 'Nutrition' content to support early years practitioners. The tender, titled 'Nutrition content for early years practitioners', falls under the Pre-school education services category. It will be run through the Educational and Children's Social Care Professionals Dynamic Purchasing System (ECSC DPS) via the DfE e-procurement system Jaggaer. The deadline for gaining membership onto the ECSC DPS is 10th October 2023, with a future notice date of 11th October 2023. The contract period is scheduled from 13th November 2023 to 29th March 2024.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses experienced in early years nutrition to engage with the Department for Education. To participate, businesses must be fully registered on Jaggaer and successfully gain membership onto the ECSC DPS by the specified deadline. The Department emphasises healthy nutritious food's importance for children's learning and development. The procurement method is selective, involving a call-off from a dynamic purchasing system. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations are deemed suitable for this opportunity.

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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.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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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

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