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title: "Career Changer Programme 2022 and 2023 Cohorts (con_11852)"
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# Career Changer Programme 2022 and 2023 Cohorts (con_11852)

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-269e0a08-bfed-4d7a-b8e5-043855017a4a

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## Summary

The Department for Education has awarded a contract for the Career Changer Programme 2022 and 2023 Cohorts. The programme aims to bring experienced career changers into teaching, enhancing age diversity in Initial Teacher Training. The contract involves designing and delivering a national programme to attract, recruit, and support career changers. It spans two cohorts, starting in September 2022 and 2023, with training completion expected by August 2025. The contract value is £4,472,522 and will run until October 2026, with a possible 12-month extension.

This tender offers an opportunity for businesses involved in education and training services, especially those with experience in career development and recruitment. The Department for Education, as the buying organisation, seeks contractors to provide services such as candidate attraction, recruitment, placement, and ongoing support. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to participate in this open procedure procurement process.

## Notice

The Secretary of State for Education, through the Department for Education (the Authority) has undertaken a procurement to appoint a contractor to deliver a single national (England) contract (the "Contract"), for the provision of the Career Changer Programme ("the Programme"). The Programme will secure a stream of highly experienced career changers into teaching and contribute to the age diversity of new entrants to Initial Teacher Training (ITT). The contractor will attract, recruit and support experienced career changers who have a substantial career, significant previous employment and industry experience and might not otherwise have considered teaching. The contractor will design and develop a national (England) programme that will support participants to make a successful transition into teaching, provide added value in the schools where they are placed drawing on their prior experience and expertise and retain participants in the profession once trained. The Contractor will not be expected to deliver ITT. The solution will wrap around an existing ITT course leading to Qualified Teacher Status delivered by an accredited ITT provider. The Contractor is required to design, develop, and deliver a high quality and bespoke Programme to deliver the following services: - Attraction of Candidates - Candidate Recruitment and Selection - Participant Placement - Participant Retention and Ongoing Support - Contractor Management Information - Programme Evaluation - Continuous Improvement - Data Management and Security - Contractor Performance Management - Contractor Assurance - Implementation and Resourcing - Demobilisation and Exit Planning The Contract will require recruitment of and delivery of transitional support to two cohorts (the "2022 Cohort" and the "2023 Cohort") of career changers. The two cohorts shall commence the training element of the Programme as follows: - The 2022 cohort to start Year 1 of the Programme in September 2022 and Year 2 of the Programme, employed as a newly qualified teacher, by September 2023; and - The 2023 cohort to start Year 1 of the Programme in September 2023 and Year 2 of the Programme, employed as a newly qualified teacher by September 2024; - The 2022 Cohort shall complete the Programme by August 2024 and the 2023 Cohort by August 2025. The Initial Contract Period shall commence on the date on which the contractor begins to deliver the services and shall expire in October 2025, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the provisions of the Contract with an option, at the Authority's discretion, to extend the Contract for a further period of up to a maximum of 12 months in duration. A further 12 months extension provision option has been exercised by the authority and as such Notice has been amended accordingly.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c7103c3e-7a8e-4419-9550-6fe629b42dee |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Oct 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Jul 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Oct 2021 |
| Contract period | 11 Oct 2021 - 31 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,472,522 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £4,472,522 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3BT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| 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) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NOW TEACH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 25 Oct 2023 at 09:28 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c7103c3e-7a8e-4419-9550-6fe629b42dee
- 22 Oct 2021 at 12:36 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c7103c3e-7a8e-4419-9550-6fe629b42dee
- 18 Jun 2021 at 14:25 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/56e60a46-f955-4235-95b9-207399d50e47

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c7103c3e-7a8e-4419-9550-6fe629b42dee
  25th October 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/56e60a46-f955-4235-95b9-207399d50e47
  18th June 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://education.app.jaggaer.com
  Link to e-Tendering Portal
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/60337cf7-5511-4237-bbf9-b425ecf77b40
  n/a
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3ca53a0f-4cab-4ad3-9030-0e8ac853c0c7
  n/a
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/03a2ec5f-eed5-49b3-b03f-e70a708637a1
  n/a
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/dbdac759-0179-487c-a1e8-ad4605e38218
  n/a
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6a991ab0-53eb-4dac-bf5e-1224d2ecc1b9
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## Notice URLs

- https://nowteach.org.uk/

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