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title: "3000000"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-037485"
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buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION"
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# 3000000

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037485

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## Summary

The Department for Education has issued a tender for the Accelerator Fund, aiming to support schools in accessing evidence-based programs primarily focused on literacy, numeracy, and science education. The contract opportunity focuses on providing market and capability building support for 3 Academic Years (AY 2022/23- AY 2024/25), helping programs expand sustainably while maintaining quality. The procurement stage is currently active, with a submission deadline of 11th November 2022.

This tender from the Department for Education presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in educational consultancy, software development, and support services to engage with schools seeking evidence-based programs. Companies with expertise in educational effectiveness trials, capability building support, and engaging with schools to make informed decisions would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process.

## 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.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

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 | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028468-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

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

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 10 Oct 2022 at 15:39 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028468-2022

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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