--- title: "Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Recruitment and Retention Support Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-90adccee-04e8-4fff-a6b7-3af82840be05" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-90adccee-04e8-4fff-a6b7-3af82840be05" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-90adccee-04e8-4fff-a6b7-3af82840be05.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-90adccee-04e8-4fff-a6b7-3af82840be05.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2018-08-08" --- # Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Recruitment and Retention Support Services Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-90adccee-04e8-4fff-a6b7-3af82840be05 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-90adccee-04e8-4fff-a6b7-3af82840be05) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-90adccee-04e8-4fff-a6b7-3af82840be05.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is conducting an open procurement process for the "Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Recruitment and Retention Support Services," aimed at enhancing the recruitment, transition, training, and retention of career changers and post-doctoral researchers into teaching roles. This procurement covers two lots: the first focuses on career changers with contracts capped at £3 million within a maximum duration from October 2018 to August 2021. The tender period for submitting bids ends on 12 September 2018, with the programme set to support up to 200 participants across specified regions in England. This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in recruitment, training, and educational services, especially those focusing on career transition and higher education roles. Suppliers that can successfully support career changers and post-doctoral researchers in entering the teaching profession are encouraged to apply. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) will find this procurement particularly suitable, given the emphasis on attracting diverse talent into the educational sector. ## Notice The Department for Education (the Department) is seeking to procure support to aid the recruitment, transition, training and retention of career changers and to reprocure the Maths and Physics Chairs programme. LOT 1: CAREER CHANGERS Career changers have the potential to bring extraordinary previous employment and industry experience to the classroom, which can inspire young people and influence teaching practice and wider school policies. Career changers, however, require more support than new graduate applicants to ITT in deciding to apply for teaching, and through the transition from their previous careers into the classroom. We seek bids from suppliers that can demonstrate how they can attract, recruit and support career changers to make a successful transition into teaching, deliver 'added value' from their previous careers and retain them once trained. Contracts awarded on Lot 1 will be targeted at a specific region or regions. Each contract will not exceed a maximum value of PS3m (Including VAT) in the initial contract period (i.e. for two cohorts of up to 200 participants in total). LOT 2: MATHS AND PHYSICS CHAIRS Post-doctoral researchers are a sub-set of career changers who can bring an enhanced level of subject knowledge, expertise, and enthusiasm to encourage young people to study these subjects. Researchers can also champion evidence-based practice and higher education. However, mainstream teacher training routes have generally not targeted post-doctoral researchers. The Department is keen to continue with the Chairs programme and wants to increase the flexibility of the programme to include both School Direct (fee) and School Direct (salaried) to give schools and participants more choice. We are looking to award a single national contract for the Maths and Physics programme which will be for up to 100 participants per cohort, placed in schools across England. We seek bids from organisations that can demonstrate how they can attract and support high calibre post-doctoral researchers to make a successful transition into teaching, and how they will retain trainees once trained. We invite bids from individual organisations or consortia capable of delivering a national programme. The main subject focus of the Chairs programme will be maths and physics but the programme may also include participants in other EBacc subjects. The Department may consider expanding the scope to other subjects/phases that are challenging to recruit to where it can be managed within the existing Service and Pricing Model. BOTH LOTS: The initial scope of each contract is for two intakes of up to 100 participants per cohort to start their training in 2019/20 (2019 cohort) and 2020/21 (2020 cohort) respectively. There is a possibility of an extension for one further cohort. Additional information: Please note that the DfE will be utilising its own e-Tendering portal for this procurement This can be accessed via the following URL: https://education.bravosolution.co.uk Once organisations have registered there, and received their temporary password, they will be able to sign in, express an interest and access all the procurement documentation necessary for completing their bid. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83ae52a2-242e-4c92-853b-1ebd27c396b6 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Aug 2018 | | Submission deadline | 12 Sep 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 8 Oct 2018 - 31 Aug 2021 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £20,500,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION | | Locality | COVENTRY | | Post town | Coventry | | Postcode | CV1 2WT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG33 Coventry | | Local authority | Coventry | | Electoral ward | St Michael's | | Westminster constituency | Coventry South | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 8 Aug 2018 at 12:02 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83ae52a2-242e-4c92-853b-1ebd27c396b6 - 8 Aug 2018 at 10:51 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83ae52a2-242e-4c92-853b-1ebd27c396b6 - 8 Aug 2018 at 10:41 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83ae52a2-242e-4c92-853b-1ebd27c396b6 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83ae52a2-242e-4c92-853b-1ebd27c396b6 8th August 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://education.bravosolution.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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