--- title: "National Careers Service - Community Based Service - East of England" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-40842203-57ba-49e7-a63b-1212bce3da7c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-40842203-57ba-49e7-a63b-1212bce3da7c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-40842203-57ba-49e7-a63b-1212bce3da7c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-40842203-57ba-49e7-a63b-1212bce3da7c.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2024-01-09" --- # National Careers Service - Community Based Service - East of England Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-40842203-57ba-49e7-a63b-1212bce3da7c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-40842203-57ba-49e7-a63b-1212bce3da7c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-40842203-57ba-49e7-a63b-1212bce3da7c.json) ## Summary The Department for Education has awarded a contract for the National Careers Service - Community Based Service in the East of England. The service provides free careers information, advice, and guidance to young people and adults. The contract, valued at £13,191,588 GBP, was awarded on July 1, 2022. The procurement method was an open procedure (above threshold), and the contract period runs from July 4, 2022, to September 30, 2024. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses to provide career guidance services in the East of England region. Companies involved in career guidance and educational services could benefit from participating in this procurement process. The Department for Education is the buying organisation, and the procurement stage is at the award stage, indicating that the contract has been successfully awarded to a supplier. The deadline for the tender period was February 17, 2022, and the contract award value is significant, making it an attractive opportunity for suitable businesses. ## Notice The Department for Education have let contracts for the delivery of the National Careers Service - Community Based Service in the 9 regions of England. The contracts will deliver high quality independent careers information, advice and guidance to National Careers Service customers. The National Careers Service provides free careers information, advice and guidance to both young people (from the age of 13) and adults through a website, webchat and telephone helpline. The Service, delivered by local community-based careers advisers, can be accessed face to face, by telephone, webchat and online. Young people aged 13 and over can access ongoing in-depth information, advice and guidance from the service via telephone, webchat or the National Careers Service website. Face to face careers information and advice in the community is available to Adults aged 19 and over 18 if Not in Employment Education or Training (NEET). ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc2769a9-e5cd-4f74-a49c-49e2b044b9d4 | | 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 | Planning, Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Jan 2024 | | Submission deadline | 17 Feb 2022 | | Future notice date | 10 Sep 2021 | | Award date | 30 Jun 2022 | | Contract period | 3 Jul 2022 - 30 Sep 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £13,191,588 | | 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 | FUTURES ADVICE SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 79634000 - Career guidance services - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 9 Jan 2024 at 13:35 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc2769a9-e5cd-4f74-a49c-49e2b044b9d4 - 29 Jul 2022 at 09:39 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc2769a9-e5cd-4f74-a49c-49e2b044b9d4 - 20 Jul 2022 at 09:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc2769a9-e5cd-4f74-a49c-49e2b044b9d4 - 4 Jan 2022 at 14:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b18bc4ae-f611-4e01-a2bf-fc2df80986c2 - 2 Jun 2021 at 09:25 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c96a0b32-facc-4aeb-90a8-622a0e8872a3 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc2769a9-e5cd-4f74-a49c-49e2b044b9d4 9th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b18bc4ae-f611-4e01-a2bf-fc2df80986c2 4th January 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c96a0b32-facc-4aeb-90a8-622a0e8872a3 2nd June 2021 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7a5ffc6c-b1ec-4349-87e9-d6c80979792b n/a - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ac63ccea-3ae7-419d-8fe3-4582fbebbf6c n/a ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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