--- title: "Educational Psychologist Training" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-72752d39-131a-44c5-85b7-547a6b6430df" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-72752d39-131a-44c5-85b7-547a6b6430df" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-72752d39-131a-44c5-85b7-547a6b6430df.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-72752d39-131a-44c5-85b7-547a6b6430df.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2022-12-16" --- # Educational Psychologist Training Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-72752d39-131a-44c5-85b7-547a6b6430df [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-72752d39-131a-44c5-85b7-547a6b6430df) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-72752d39-131a-44c5-85b7-547a6b6430df.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is planning a tender for Educational Psychologist Training, aiming to procure Level 8 postgraduate qualification for educational psychologists. The contract is valued at approximately £32.2m, with a six-year duration starting in September 2023. The Department plans to train three cohorts of 200+ trainees each, investing in tuition fees, bursaries, and administration costs. The tender opportunity is focused on addressing shortages of qualified educational psychologists nationally, particularly in regions such as the North East, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber. This procurement process by the Department for Education presents an opportunity for training providers and educational institutions to participate in delivering high-quality postgraduate training for educational psychologists. Businesses offering training services in the education and training sector, especially those with experience in delivering Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) accredited qualifications, are well-suited to compete for this tender. The contract value and duration provide a stable opportunity for growth and expansion of services for successful bidders, catering to the needs of schools, families, and communities looking to support children with special educational needs and disabilities. ## Notice This notice is a notification of a market engagement survey that the Department for Education (DfE) is conducting to gain insight for the procurement of an educational psychologist postgraduate qualification contract. Educational psychologists (EP) play a key role in supporting children and young people, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). They work within the education system and wider community to help in identifying SEND and advise schools, families, and the wider workforce on how to support children and young people with SEND. They provide a link between schools and wider community services such as CAMHs, social care, the justice system, and others, to improve outcomes for children and young people. They also have a statutory role in contributing to Education, Health, and Care (EHC) assessments. The Department for Education is seeking to procure the training for the Level 8 Educational Psychologist postgraduate qualification, accredited by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), for an agreed number of trainees, using suitably qualified and experienced personnel. The total value of this contract is anticipated to be PS32.2m, which would train three cohorts, each with over 200 trainee educational psychologists. The DfE recently announced an investment of PS21m for the first two cohorts, however, the final of these three cohorts will be subject to future Spending Review agreement. We are open to this work being split across multiple suppliers. This budget would be expected to fund the full three-year tuition fees for trainee educational psychologists, as well as a first-year bursary payment for trainees, and associated course administration costs. We anticipate a six-year contract, commencing in September 2023 and terminating in August 2029. There would be a period of approximately one year allotted between contract commencement in September 2023, and the start date of the first trainee cohort, in September 2024. This period is to facilitate the Contractor(s) to become HCPC accredited and to become compliant with any other technical or legal standard, and to run the recruitment process for the 2024 trainee cohort. The current EP training programme has established a strong reputation in the market as a prestigious postgraduate training route for EPs. This procurement offers an opportunity to maintain the high quality of the training and to develop the programme to meet the needs of employers of psychological services to children and young people, particularly Local Authorities. We are particularly interested in provision which actively encourages trainees from regions with current shortages of qualified educational psychologists, and welcome suggestions to approach this. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/567ee030-40cd-4669-81f5-1be2b07aa4c5 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 Dec 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Dec 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | 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) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 16 Dec 2022 at 11:33 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/567ee030-40cd-4669-81f5-1be2b07aa4c5 - 29 Nov 2022 at 13:08 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/de74e60a-0a4c-4b9e-b3fb-5651e18b230a ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/567ee030-40cd-4669-81f5-1be2b07aa4c5 16th December 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/de74e60a-0a4c-4b9e-b3fb-5651e18b230a 29th November 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://education.app.jaggaer.com This is a pre-market engagement event only. 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