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title: "School and Trust Business Professionals - Local Support Offer con_25233"
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# School and Trust Business Professionals - Local Support Offer con_25233

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-adb2ee4c-6d6f-4a33-bcd8-6b7473da207b

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## Summary

The Department for Education has awarded a contract for a project titled "School and Trust Business Professionals - Local Support Offer." The aim of this project is to provide practical training to school and trust business professionals across key School Resource Management areas. The awarded contract is valued at £229,080 GBP and will run from April 21, 2024, to December 31, 2025. The procurement method used was an open procedure, and the tender period ended on February 22, 2024. The Department for Education's School Commercial Team will be overseeing this project.

This tender opportunity offers business growth prospects for training providers focused on education and training services. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to compete for this contract. The training sessions will cover technical and soft skills, career development, and capacity building for school and trust business professionals. This opportunity allows businesses to engage with over 1,800 professionals, contributing to the enhancement of School Resource Management practices in education settings.

## Notice

The service involves in-person training for School Business Professional Networks and Multi Academy Trusts to request for local events, meeting the evidenced problem that many SBPs request more upskilling and suppliers have capacity to offer this, but time and funding constraints are holding back the market. This training would cover one of four areas, at the request of network leads and their members: i. technical support, ii. professional development support, iii. capacity support, iv. softer skill support. The service will involve 80 practical training sessions delivering to school and trust business professionals (e.g., School Business Managers, Finance Managers, CFOs, COOs). It will be delivered to at least 1,800 professionals in total (20 participants on average per training session) over 2023-24 and 2024-25, across local authority maintained school and academy trust settings. Training will be designed and delivered across four content areas: - Technical skills and knowledge. For example, integrated curriculum and financial planning, financial management and budgeting, income management, manging risk, internal audit and scrutiny, operations, sustainability and climate change, procurement, estate management, HR, digital and technology. - Soft skills. For example, leadership, communication, managing teams effectively, effective line or performance management, resilience. - Career development. For example, career pathways that are available in schools and academy trusts, suggestions for how to access different pathways, practical advice on professional development in school and academy trust business professional roles, coaching-style sessions for attendees. - Capacity building. For example, accessing apprenticeships, team building, collaboration with other schools, school groups and/or academy trusts, aggregated purchasing, flexible working approaches. The training sessions will be delivered in-person, in a workshop style. The sessions will allow for discussion between the trainer and delegates and between delegates themselves. This will be for delegates to share ideas and the trainer to relate the training content to the issues and situations facing delegates in reality.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7a29e4d3-139a-4b4b-9afc-548cabbdf3d5 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 22 Feb 2024 |
| Future notice date | 25 Oct 2023 |
| Award date | 20 Apr 2024 |
| Contract period | 20 Apr 2024 - 31 Dec 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £229,080 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £229,080 |
| 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 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC33 Darlington |
| Local authority | Darlington |
| Electoral ward | Park East |
| Westminster constituency | Darlington |
| 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 | INSTITUTE OF SCHOOL BUSINESS LEADERSHIP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 26 Apr 2024 at 10:48 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7a29e4d3-139a-4b4b-9afc-548cabbdf3d5
- 17 Jan 2024 at 17:22 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4153f1b8-be7c-489b-8d57-2d1998b0934d
- 19 Oct 2023 at 13:53 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/553d3018-735f-4aec-a235-65496a5559dc

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7a29e4d3-139a-4b4b-9afc-548cabbdf3d5
  26th April 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4153f1b8-be7c-489b-8d57-2d1998b0934d
  17th January 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/553d3018-735f-4aec-a235-65496a5559dc
  19th October 2023 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/dc2f3a5f-6f4c-45df-b97e-134eb6fb86b8
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