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title: "Early Years Foundation Stage Reforms: Virtual events for Local Authorities"
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# Early Years Foundation Stage Reforms: Virtual events for Local Authorities

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-48371721-a2ae-4227-97f7-b2e33db16a4a

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## Summary

The Department for Education is seeking suppliers for the contract titled "Early Years Foundation Stage Reforms: Virtual events for Local Authorities." This project falls within the education and training services industry category and is located across various regions in the United Kingdom. Currently, the procurement process is in the Award stage, with the contract value set at £19,818. The contract period is from 1st October 2020 to 31st March 2021, and the tender period concluded on 18th August 2020, indicating key dates for interested parties.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses focused on education services, particularly those capable of providing virtual event facilitation and support. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that specialise in education reform, event management, and online platforms would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The successful contractor will play a crucial role in aiding local authorities to prepare for upcoming reforms, thus enhancing their market presence in the educational sector.

## Notice

The Department intends to reform the learning and development and assessment requirements stipulated by the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework, with national implementation anticipated in September 2021 and an early adopter year expected from September 2020. This contract will deliver a series of virtual events, in early 2021, that will support Early Years representatives from all local authorities in preparing for the reforms. This will ensure that LAs are prepared to start offering advice and implementation support to all schools as they prepare for national implementation in the lead up to September 2021. We would expect the supplier to plan and deliver ten virtual events for Local Authority representatives (free places for up to 2 per Local Authority) in early 2021, including: - Managing communications with LAs and organising sign-up to events; - Acting as facilitator for all ten events; - Liaising with external speakers stipulated by the DfE; - Providing a suitable online platform for hosting these sessions; - Collating and evaluating event feedback.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1f77d02f-e2c8-4f64-ad4a-8c1d6146bf7f |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Nov 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Aug 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Sep 2020 |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2020 - 31 Mar 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £19,818 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £19,818 |
| 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 | NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 23 Nov 2021 at 10:38 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1f77d02f-e2c8-4f64-ad4a-8c1d6146bf7f

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1f77d02f-e2c8-4f64-ad4a-8c1d6146bf7f
  23rd November 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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