Notice Information
Notice Title
Multi-disciplinary training offer for professionals on the impact of parental imprisonment
Notice Description
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to procure a bespoke package of high-quality multidisciplinary training on parental imprisonment for professionals across England (e.g. teachers, Family Hub staff, social workers etc). The multidisciplinary training programme must include information on prisons and the criminal justice system; the impact parental imprisonment can have on children and families within the community; and existing tools for support. The programme needs to be accessible to a range of professionals. Therefore, we require the supplier(s) to design and facilitate both an in-person course with a facilitator and an online self-paced course. The in-person training is to be aimed at local authority/school staff (e.g. teachers, social workers and Family Hub staff etc) and the online training to be aimed at professionals in general, open to anyone who wishes to access it (e.g. police, prison officers, probation officers, Ofsted inspectors). We want this training to upskill professionals on the impact parental imprisonment can have on children and families, reduce the stigmatisation of children and families affected by parental imprisonment and break down barriers to support. We will be conducting an initial engagement event on Wednesday 10 September 10am to 11am. We will share a high level version of the requirement and high level details of the procurement process. If you would like to attend this session please contact james.drew@education.gov.uk and lois.crow@education.gov.uk. Following this session, we will send all interested attendees a questionnaire for feedback on the proposals covered in the session. We reserve the right to then hold 1-2-1 sessions with those that responded to the questionnaire to seek clarifications to the responses given. In that event, no additional information will be shared with those attending a 1-2-1 session.
Planning Information
As described in Scope, we will be conducting an initial engagement event on Wednesday 10 September 10am to 11am. We will share a high level version of the requirement and high level details of the procurement process. If you would like to attend this session please contact james.drew@education.gov.uk and lois.crow@education.gov.uk. Following this session, we will send all interested attendees a questionnaire for feedback on the proposals covered in the session. We reserve the right to then hold 1-2-1 sessions with those that responded to the questionnaire to seek clarifications to the responses given. In that event, no additional information will be shared with those attending a 1-2-1 session.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058c57
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050622-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- policyassurance.commercialqueries@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
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050622-2025
21st August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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