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title: "Accelerator Fund - Capability Building"
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# Accelerator Fund - Capability Building

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-95ed3b45-6145-454b-a2b4-cc587510e840

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## Summary

The Department for Education has initiated a new procurement process titled "Accelerator Fund - Capability Building" within the Research and Development services category. This contract opportunity involves providing market and capability building support for 3 Academic Years (AY 2022/23- AY 2024/25) to Programmes that have shown promising evidence of impact on pupil attainment. The contract has a value of £3,000,000 GBP, and the tender period ends on November 11, 2022. The location for delivery includes regions across the United Kingdom.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those experienced in providing research and development services, to engage with the Department for Education in enhancing literacy and numeracy programmes in support of schools. The procurement method is an open procedure above threshold, welcoming Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations to participate. The successful supplier will work to support and enable the growth and sustainability of identified Programmes, ensuring quality and impact on pupil attainment, aligning with the goals of the Accelerator Fund initiative.

## Notice

The Accelerator Fund (AF) is a government funded initiative which seeks to support and encourage schools to access well-evidenced Programmes, predominantly focused on literacy and numeracy, by growing a pipeline of Programmes with a view to scaling-up those that demonstrate a good evidence base. A small number of these Programmes will be focused on science education (no more than 10%). The AF aims to ensure there is a quality supply of Programmes that can be accessed confidently and easily by schools and to spark a behavioural change in how schools spend their Pupil Premium Funding. For the purpose of this document, "schools" includes early years and post-16 education settings, but most Programmes are for primary and secondary schools. The key objectives of the AF are to: A. Increase the pipeline of evidence-based Programmes by investing in: practices that fill key evidence gaps, which are not yet formed into a 'Programme', and developing those into Programmes, with the support of schools; testing the feasibility of Programmes' delivery models to identify potential benefits and move to the next stage of the pipeline; and Efficacy Trials to evaluate the impact of existing Programmes on pupil attainment ("Objective A"). B. Scale-up existing Programmes by: generating more evidence of their impact at a larger scale through Effectiveness Trials; offering grants to subsidise the cost to schools to encourage take up; providing direct grants to support Programme development for scale; and providing market and capability building support ("Objective B"). C. Support schools to choose evidence-based Programmes, focused on school engagement and supporting schools to make informed decisions about what Programme or trial opportunities they might take part in ("Objective C"). This contract opportunity focuses on providing market and capability building support for 3 Academic Years (AY 2022/23- AY 2024/25) to Programmes that have shown promising evidence of impact on pupil attainment, as outlined in Objective B above. The Supplier will support promising Programmes to grow their reach to schools sustainably, while maintaining quality. The Supplier will be the main deliverer of capability building support to Programmes but may sub-contract other organisations to provide specific expertise to Programmes, if required.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5061c10a-d9d4-4f83-b8b6-89df8a945712 |
| 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 | Planning, Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 11 Nov 2022 |
| Future notice date | 4 Aug 2022 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 2 Jan 2023 - 1 Sep 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,000,000 |
| 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 | 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

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 10 Oct 2022 at 15:13 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5061c10a-d9d4-4f83-b8b6-89df8a945712
- 29 Jul 2022 at 08:37 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47456de4-a041-42ed-8f62-5283db96df64

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5061c10a-d9d4-4f83-b8b6-89df8a945712
  10th October 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47456de4-a041-42ed-8f62-5283db96df64
  29th July 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- http://education.app.jaggaer.com
  Jaggaer Link

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