--- title: "Educational Psychologist Training" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-9443b982-6569-4535-b432-e6499dd6dc76" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9443b982-6569-4535-b432-e6499dd6dc76" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9443b982-6569-4535-b432-e6499dd6dc76.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9443b982-6569-4535-b432-e6499dd6dc76.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2023-02-28" --- # Educational Psychologist Training Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9443b982-6569-4535-b432-e6499dd6dc76 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9443b982-6569-4535-b432-e6499dd6dc76) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9443b982-6569-4535-b432-e6499dd6dc76.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is conducting a procurement exercise for the provision of Educational Psychologist Training services. This 6-year contract, valued at £32.2m, aims to train over 600 educational psychologists in multiple regions across England. The procurement process involves two separate lots for different regions, with a closing date for tenders set on the 11th April 2023, at 09:00 GMT. This tender presents an excellent opportunity for organisations experienced in the education and training sector to participate and contribute to the development of high-quality educational services. Businesses with expertise in providing training programmes, particularly in areas with shortages of qualified educational psychologists, are well-suited to compete. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to engage in this procurement opportunity to help address the growing demand for educational psychologists in various regions. ## Notice It is the Department for Educations intention to undertake a procurement exercise to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to deliver on behalf of the department a 6 year contract from 1st September 2023 to 31st August 2029 to training more EPs to join the public sector workforce, while improving coverage of EPs across the regions of England. There are two contracts available as part of this procurement. These are presented as two lots: Lot 1 - London and South East - Minimum of 65 places per cohort expected. Lot 2 - South West, West Midlands, East Midlands, East of England, Yorkshire and Humber, North East and North West - Minimum of 139 places per cohort expected. The total value of these contracts combined 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. To view the tender, you will need to be registered as a supplier on the DfE Jaggaer eTendering portal, available at https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html The closing date for submitting your tender is 09:00am GMT on the 11th April 2023. Please find the link to the ITT in the Jaggaer portal here: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=55358 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/def6f68b-43b0-4cc0-95cc-729ca2c2ea67 | | 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 | 28 Feb 2023 | | Submission deadline | 11 Apr 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Aug 2023 - 31 Aug 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £32,165,992 | | 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 | 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 - 28 Feb 2023 at 08:26 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/def6f68b-43b0-4cc0-95cc-729ca2c2ea67 - 27 Feb 2023 at 14:44 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/def6f68b-43b0-4cc0-95cc-729ca2c2ea67 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/def6f68b-43b0-4cc0-95cc-729ca2c2ea67 28th February 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://education.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=55358 Jaggaer Opportunity link - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033775-2022 Find a Tender Service - Prior information notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/567ee030-40cd-4669-81f5-1be2b07aa4c5 Contracts Finder - Early Engagement notice ## Notice URLs - https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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