Award

Evidence-Based Early Years Maths Programme

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

06 Feb 2026 at 12:38

Tender

04 Nov 2025 at 14:09

Planning

20 Jun 2025 at 13:15

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education has successfully commissioned an "Evidence-Based Early Years Maths Programme," aimed at enhancing numeracy outcomes for children in early years settings across England. This initiative falls under the education and training services industry category, with a focus on public authority within the central government. Located at the Sanctuary Buildings in London, the Department led this comprehensive procurement process through an open procedure, concluding with the award stage on 6th February 2026. Key dates included the end of the tender period on 5th December 2025 and the initiation of the contract on 1st April 2026, running until 31st August 2029. A significant monetary value of £4,407,915 highlights the scale of this services contract.

This tender provides substantial opportunities for business growth, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) involved in education and training. The National Day Nurseries Association is a prime example of an SME that successfully competed for this contract. Businesses equipped with robust educational programmes, especially those capable of delivering large-scale training and evaluation, stand to benefit from participating in similar procurement processes. The contract specifies a rigorous evaluation process, requiring evidence of outcomes through Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT) or Quasi-Experimental Design (QED). This focus on evidenced-based results encourages businesses that excel in research-backed educational methodologies to engage in such government tenders, potentially expanding their market presence and contributing to vital societal outcomes.

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Notice Title

Evidence-Based Early Years Maths Programme

Notice Description

The Department for Education is commissioning an evidence-based early maths programme aimed at improving numeracy outcomes for children in early years settings across England. Early maths skills are strongly linked to later academic achievement and workforce success, yet many children begin school without the expected level of development in maths. Despite its importance within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), maths remains one of the lowest-performing areas, partly due to limited training and confidence among educators. This contract will support the delivery of an evidence-based early maths programme to at least 5,000 settings, with a minimum completion rate of 80%, and requires programmes to be backed by robust evaluation, either a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) or Quasi-Experimental Design (QED) plus an implementation and process evaluation (IPE).

Planning Information

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market of a potential opportunity to bid for the delivery of an evidence-based early maths programme from April 2026 onwards. Interested parties are invited to a market engagement event on Thursday 10 July from 14:00 to 15:00 to hear further details and share any views or questions relating to this potential opportunity. For information: Attendance at the market engagement events is not a pre-requisite for being able to submit a tender against this opportunity. If you are unable to attend the market engagement event, the slides and any Q&A outcomes will be made available. This notice is a zero value PIN notice for early market engagement. It is for information only and is not a call for competition. The Department reserves the right not to enter a formal procurement process and not proceed with contract award. Accordingly, the Department 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. To attend the event you will need to register on the following portal: https://education.app.jaggaer.com Please also email katherine.sargent@education.gov.uk as well as maisie.monroe@education.gov.uk to register your interest.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0550f5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010921-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
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
£4,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£4,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£4,407,915 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Feb 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
5 Dec 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
4 Aug 2025Expired
Award Date
6 Feb 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
maisie.monroe@education.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

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
Not specified

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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NATIONAL DAY NURSERIES ASSOCIATION

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