Award

Early Years: accredited Level 3 training for Special Educational Needs Coordinators

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

This public procurement record has 7 releases in its history.

Award

11 Aug 2022 at 16:14

Tender

08 Mar 2022 at 18:02

Planning

28 Jan 2022 at 11:07

Planning

28 Jan 2022 at 10:18

Planning

06 Jan 2022 at 09:27

Planning

03 Nov 2021 at 11:01

Planning

03 Nov 2021 at 10:30

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education has awarded a contract for "Early Years: accredited Level 3 training for Special Educational Needs Coordinators". The contract involves training up to 5,000 SENCOs across England between September 2022 and August 2024. The total contract value is £5,878,767. The training will be delivered by Best Practice Network Ltd, with delivery addresses across various regions in the UK.

This tender for "Early Years: accredited Level 3 training for Special Educational Needs Coordinators" by the Department for Education aims to increase the number of trained SENCOs available to early years children in various settings. The contract involves delivering training of up to 5,000 SENCOs, with a total contract value of £10 million. The tender is open to SMEs and VCSEs, and suitable businesses in the education and training services sector may find opportunities for growth.

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Notice Title

Early Years: accredited Level 3 training for Special Educational Needs Coordinators

Notice Description

The Department for Education intends to increase specialist expertise in SEND by increasing the number of Level 3 qualified SENCOs in group based settings and childminder settings, at a critical time for early years children, and in particular at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly reduced opportunities to identify and address SEND amongst children not yet of compulsory school age. To further aid understanding of the SENCO role in these settings and what a qualification to enable an individual to perform this role should include, the department, with input from key EY sector stakeholders, put together two documents ("Early years level 3 SENCO qualification specification" and "Role description of the early years special educational needs coordinator") which are available on gov.uk. The primary objective for this contract is to increase the number of Level 3 qualified SENCOs, available to children in group based settings and childminder settings, who have the knowledge and skills to properly fulfil the role of a SENCO described in the code of practice and in the role description. The Supplier will deliver training of up to 5,000 SENCOs. Training will be available across England but with minimum % targets for each LA region. Training must take place between September 2022 and 31 August 2024. Training must result in an accredited Level 3 EY SENCO qualification.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f7e55b8-d6ed-47b4-a9e4-b0c526be4354
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£5,878,767 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£5,878,767 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Aug 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
11 Apr 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
28 Feb 2022Expired
Award Date
20 Jun 20223 years ago
Contract Period
31 Jul 2022 - 31 Aug 2024 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
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
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3BT
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

BEST PRACTICE NETWORK

Further Information

Notice Documents

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