Notice Information
Notice Title
Recruitment and Training of High Potential Trainees into Teaching - Further pre-procurement market consultation
Notice Description
The Department for Education is continuing its consultation with the market on the procurement approach for the future delivery of a programme to: - attract high potential graduates and career changers into teaching and - train them to be highly skilled teachers and emerging leaders to have a positive impact on teacher supply and pupil attainment in areas of greatest need across England.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Department for Education is continuing market consultation on a potential future commercial opportunity to design, develop and deliver a two-year high quality and innovative initial teacher training and leadership development programme. The first cohort will start the programme from September 2026 with recruitment starting by the end of October 2025. Key programme objectives are to: - attract high potential graduates and career changers into teaching and - train them to be highly skilled teachers and emerging leaders making a positive impact on teacher supply and pupil attainment in schools serving areas of greatest need across England. At a high level a Potential Supplier(s) of the programme would be required to deliver an end-to-end service encompassing: - Attracting high potential graduates and career changers - Recruiting, selecting and retaining specified numbers of participants per cohort - Developing and delivering a high-quality employment based Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme in conjunction with accredited ITT providers, enabling programme participants to meet the Teachers' Standards and achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) - Developing and delivering a leadership development programme that is integrated into the programme - Providing opportunities for programme participants to form and maintain networks to support the programme objectives - Developing and maintaining a strong network of schools in areas of greatest need across England to provide sufficient high-quality employment-based placement opportunities. The Department is interested in consulting with organisations with relevant experience, insight and interest in being a potential lead supplier, consortium member or key supply chain partner. This could include organisations with experience of graduate recruitment and training or employment-based teacher training. We are inviting market consultation on the following aspects to shape our evolving programme design, delivery model and commercial strategy: * Aspects of the draft specification * Potential performance indicators * Commercial approach * Financial mechanisms * Potential bidder information requirements Interested organisations should register on our Jaggaer e-procurement portal to access the document titled "Attachment 1 - HPITT Information Memorandum" for an outline of the requirements and details of this phase of market consultation. Whilst we are inviting market feedback on future aspects of the programme specification and commercial approach, organisations may find it helpful to be familiar with the current programme. Registering against this project opportunity you can also access "Attachment 2 - Key Information about the current programme". A redacted version of the current contract (including current specification) is publicly available via the link below. Additional information: Please note: Estimated date of publication of contract notice (II.3) is approximate only and subject to change. This is not a call for competition.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04163c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032844-2023
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
80300000 - Higher education services
80510000 - Specialist training services
80530000 - Vocational training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Nov 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 May 2024Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- 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
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Postcode Area
- South West London
- Country
- England
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- 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
- Not specified
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice URLs
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