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title: "Women Leading in Education: Leadership Coaching Pledge"
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# Women Leading in Education: Leadership Coaching Pledge

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-de8770f9-c257-4f64-b76c-a2b2996dc10e

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## Summary

The Department for Education is undertaking the procurement for the "Women Leading in Education: Leadership Coaching Pledge" contract, focusing on services in the education and training sector. This open procurement method aims to engage a provider who will maximize nationwide involvement with the Coaching Pledge through strategic marketing and event organization. The tender period concluded on 21 January 2019, with the contract running from 25 March 2019 to 31 March 2020. This initiative targets participants across the United Kingdom, with anticipated deliverables including a minimum of 20 matching events and an increase in the number of registered coaches by 500 volunteers.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses looking to expand their involvement in educational services, particularly those specializing in coaching, community engagement, and event management. Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-positioned to compete, particularly if they can demonstrate successful strategies for engaging stakeholders and enhancing user experiences. Companies with expertise in digital communications and those experienced with local educational landscapes will find this opportunity particularly aligning with their capabilities.

## Notice

The Department is looking to appoint a provider to maximise engagement with the Coaching Pledge on a national scale through marketing, promotion, including through events and through engagement with regional partners. The Contractor will report regularly to DfE on its work and on the overall quality of Coaching Pledge provision across England. The Contractor will be required to increase the sign-up of coaches by 500 volunteers nationally and use regional expertise to increase the number of participants by 10% per region. To support this we would expect the provider to use regional and/or strategic partnerships, existing organisation and providers We require 40% of registered participants in each region to be matched with a coach and a minimum of 5% of participants from each region to be returners, part-time or flexible workers looking to gain a leadership position. Matching events should ensure that sustained matches are created. The provider will be required to carry out a minimum of 20 matching events to take place nationally with a minimum of 70% of events being face to face and up to 30% of events using online/telephone matching. We would require the national provider to ensure that there is a sufficient regional spread for any matching events planned and hosted. We would require the national provider to create a communications and engagement strategy and promote events using a range of methods, this includes: Use of digital communications, including social media, email bulletins, twitter Road shows Promotion via local teach meets Engagement with headteacher groups Engagement with other stakeholder groups in the education sector Press releases Advertising in national publications Advertising via the radio. With this contract we would want to move away from training being the key priority and instead require the main focus of the successful bidder to be on matching events (ensuring sustained matches between coaches and participants) and increasing the number of coaches nationally. We would still require the successful tenderer to suggest new methods and improve the way matching events occur alongside training and quality assurance. Matching and increasing take-up are the key deliverables of this contract. The National Provider will be working with the Teaching Schools Council on improvements to the existing website, which contains the database. Feedback on this has been positive from both coaches and participants, however, the Department would require the National provider to work with the TSC communications lead to develop and provide continuous improvement suggestions to the TSC website and improve the user experience for coaches and participants. The contract will incorporate service level agreements for how the engagement process should work in practice and details of clearly defined roles and responsibilities for the provider, including how these will impact on their engagement with the TSC. Additional information: Access to the tender documentation is through the DfE e-tendering portal: https://education.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml This is the only way the documents are accessible

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3fcd6803-5896-41f7-b728-c5ae4c70a032 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Apr 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Jan 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Mar 2019 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £84,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £72,800 |
| 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 | 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HARDY FISHER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 24 Apr 2019 at 09:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3fcd6803-5896-41f7-b728-c5ae4c70a032
- 14 Dec 2018 at 09:25 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5f71ebdc-69f7-488a-9371-80e2fef86b86
- 13 Dec 2018 at 13:55 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5f71ebdc-69f7-488a-9371-80e2fef86b86

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3fcd6803-5896-41f7-b728-c5ae4c70a032
  24th April 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5f71ebdc-69f7-488a-9371-80e2fef86b86
  14th December 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/05a3f0e5-4e2f-4950-9140-cf0f53715ea0
  Invitation to tender letter
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b87a8789-8f36-4c98-8571-54de687bed49
  Contract

## Notice URLs

- https://education.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

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