--- title: "High Potential Initial Teacher Training and Leadership Development Programme - Early Engagement" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f663141f-bf0f-4fe2-94e2-be48ec6459c0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f663141f-bf0f-4fe2-94e2-be48ec6459c0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f663141f-bf0f-4fe2-94e2-be48ec6459c0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f663141f-bf0f-4fe2-94e2-be48ec6459c0.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2019-02-13" --- # High Potential Initial Teacher Training and Leadership Development Programme - Early Engagement Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f663141f-bf0f-4fe2-94e2-be48ec6459c0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f663141f-bf0f-4fe2-94e2-be48ec6459c0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f663141f-bf0f-4fe2-94e2-be48ec6459c0.json) ## Summary The Department for Education (DfE) is currently in the planning stage for the 'High Potential Initial Teacher Training and Leadership Development Programme - Early Engagement'. This initiative aims to explore the future delivery of a teacher training programme intended for cohorts starting in the academic year 2021/22. The key date for engaging with the market is set for 10 May 2019, with interested organisations encouraged to express their interest via email by 15 March 2019. The programme primarily falls under the education and training services industry category and will be implemented across various locations, including the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses that specialise in teacher recruitment, professional development, and educational training services. Organisations with expertise in graduate recruitment, initial teacher training, and leadership development are particularly well-suited to engage in this process. The DfE is keen to gather insights from the market to refine their procurement strategies, making this an excellent opportunity for businesses to influence the programme's design and potentially secure contracts for delivering educational services that contribute to enhancing teacher quality in challenging school environments. ## Notice The Department for Education (DfE) is exploring options for the future delivery of a high potential initial teacher training and leadership development programme for cohorts starting in academic year 2021/22. We are not constrained by the existing delivery or commercial models. Over the coming months we will be engaging with key stakeholders, undertaking user research and speaking to potential suppliers. We are keen to gain market insights and understand market capacity, capability and interest in delivering this type of programme before setting our design, delivery and commercial strategies. Potential suppliers with a strong understanding of teacher recruitment, assessment and job placement; undergraduate and post-graduate initial teacher training; or teacher professional and leadership development are encouraged to participate. Organisations with understanding of graduate recruitment and development are also encouraged to become involved. We are interested in organisations' views on: * Contract Strategy - term, value, extension/variation options * Service Scope - configuration, disaggregation * Scale - geographical coverage - national, regional, sub-regional * Commercial Delivery Model - prime contractor, consortia, multiple suppliers * Market Development - supplier capability and capacity, barriers to entry * Risk - IPR, branding, assumptions, TUPE, allocation of risk * Financial Mechanisms - charging model, outcome-based, open-book * Performance Management - metrics, outcomes, KPIs, incentives, remedies We are planning to engage with organisations through a variety of means including questionnaires, individual meetings and round table events. The current programme is aimed at recent graduates and career changers with a 2:1 or above (predominantly from Russell Group Universities) who have the potential to be highly skilled teachers and influential classroom leaders and who would be otherwise unlikely to join the profession. Trainees are placed into challenging schools serving low-income communities where they can contribute to creating social mobility opportunities by closing the gap between deprived pupils and their peers. The existing requirement is to deliver a two-year leadership development programme where trainees receive qualified teacher status (QTS) at the end of Year 1 and gain a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) at the end of the programme. The supplier is responsible for: * Applicant attraction, selection and assessment * School recruitment and on-boarding * Job matching and placement * Initial teacher training provision * CPD and leadership development The programme is delivered through one national (England) prime supplier contract, using a mix of direct delivery and subcontracting. It delivers four cohorts of 1,750 participants on the two-year leadership development programme. The cost of delivering the programme to one cohort is PS39m. Additional information: Organisations that are interested in taking part in this early dialogue should express their interest by emailing highpotential.ITT@education.gov.uk with their contact details by 15 March 2019. Please include the name(s) of interested individuals, the name of the organisation represented along with email and telephone contact details. Options for delivery are still open for consideration and responses received as part of this exercise may be used to shape the DfE's specification of requirements and scope any resulting procurement process. Please note that this is not a call to competition and the DfE is not bound to enter into any procurement activity because of it. The DfE is not committing to undertake any formal commissioning activity resulting from this notice although we may use the information gathered via this process to support any future commercial activity. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3b201bb3-286c-450d-a746-2908f1cd80ce | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 Feb 2019 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 May 2019 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | 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 | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 79600000 - Recruitment services - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 13 Feb 2019 at 16:23 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3b201bb3-286c-450d-a746-2908f1cd80ce ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3b201bb3-286c-450d-a746-2908f1cd80ce 13th February 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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