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title: "Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-032c41"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION"
published: "2022-08-01"
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# Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-032c41

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## Summary

The Department for Education in the UK has initiated the "Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs" procurement process, focusing on education and training services. This open procurement exercise aims to establish a network of 18 Stronger Practice Hubs to support early years settings in adopting evidence-based practices, particularly in response to COVID-19 recovery needs. The contract period will commence in July 2022 and extend until December 2024, with an option for a one-year extension. Key dates for tender submissions are set until 11th May 2022, with the bid validity period running until 8th August 2022.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses engaged in early years education, training services, and those with expertise in child development and community engagement. Companies that can demonstrate capability in delivering quality training and support for early years practices would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. The tender process encourages collaboration and quality assurance, making it an attractive opportunity for established organisations aiming to make a positive impact on child outcomes within local communities.

## Notice

The Department for Education aims to deliver a new network of Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs in England. The Hubs will be responsible for supporting other early years settings with adopting evidence-based practice improvements to address key COVID-19 recovery issues and build local networks for sharing effective practice. Building on the Early Years Foundation Stage reforms, the Hubs will be existing, well-established early years settings with expertise and knowledge of what works to support child outcomes, and the supporting evidence base. Hubs will also have demonstrable experience of delivering effective practice for the benefit of children. The programme is part of the Department for Education's PS180 million investment in recovery support in the early years sector. This contract is to support the delivery of 18 Hubs over the duration of the contract. This will involve co-designing and running an exercise to select the Stronger Practice Hubs, providing oversight and quality assurance of the Hubs throughout the delivery period and facilitating best practice and intelligence sharing between Hubs and with the Department for Education and other partners. This contract will run from July 2022 to December 2024, with a possible contract extension of one year. The programme set up period will run from July 2022 to November 2022, with Hubs expected to launch in November 2022. Programme delivery will run until October 2024, followed by a two-month wind-down period at the end of the contract.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This contract is as a result of a competitive tendering exercise subject to OJEU principles and PCR 2015. This is a single stage open procurement exercise taking into account quality, price and social value.

Options: The DfE reserves the right to extend the contract at its sole discretion by 12 months.

Renewal: 12 month extension option

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020956-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 11 May 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Jun 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £721,807 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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 | NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BUREAU |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 1 Aug 2022 at 12:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020956-2022
- 11 Apr 2022 at 14:47 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009638-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

## Provenance

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