--- title: "Early Supplier Engagement - Careers support for young people in schools and colleges in England" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04b0cc" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04b0cc" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04b0cc.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04b0cc.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2024-10-24" --- # Early Supplier Engagement - Careers support for young people in schools and colleges in England Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04b0cc [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04b0cc) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04b0cc.json) ## Summary The Department for Education (DfE) is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Early Supplier Engagement - Careers support for young people in schools and colleges in England". This process falls under the industry category of Education and Training Services and pertains to the location of the United Kingdom. A crucial upcoming event is the online market engagement event via Microsoft Teams, scheduled for 10:00 AM on 27th November 2024. This event is designed to inform potential suppliers about the forthcoming support requirements for delivering careers education, advice, information, and guidance to young people in England. This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in educational and training services to engage early in shaping the future provision of career support for young people. Ideal participants include organisations with experience in delivering educational services and those capable of providing innovative solutions to enhance career guidance in schools and colleges. By participating in the early engagement event, companies can gain insight into DfE's priorities, contribute to the discussion on future service options, and position themselves favourably for future competitive processes. Businesses focused on education, career counselling, and information services will find this tender particularly relevant to their expertise. ## Notice The purpose of this Early Engagement Notice is to inform the market of a forthcoming supplier engagement event regarding future support for schools and colleges to deliver careers education, advice, information and guidance for young people in England. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The purpose of this Early Engagement Notice is to inform the market of a forthcoming supplier engagement event regarding future support for schools and colleges to deliver careers education, advice, information and guidance for young people in England. The Department for Education (DfE) will be undertaking an online market engagement event via Microsoft Teams at 10.00am on 27th November 2024 for interested parties. The event is anticipated to last for a duration of up to two hours. If you wish to attend the market engagement event, please use the link found in Section VI: Complementary information; VI.3) Additional information entitled: Attend market engagement event - 27th November 2024. We started supplier engagement in October 2023 in order to inform the delivery of careers support for young people and adults. The purpose of this supplier engagement webinar is to: * Build on the insight gathered in the supplier engagement conducted last year; * Share priorities for careers education for young people in schools and colleges; * Provide a re-cap regarding the current delivery arrangements for careers support for young people; * Consider and test options for the future careers offer for young people with potential suppliers. This is not a binding statement of intent or a call for competition. This Notice does not signify the commencement of any competitive process and does not constitute any commitment by the DfE. If DfE decides to commence any competitive process(es) as contemplated by this notice, a separate notice(s) will be published at the relevant time. The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the authority's requirements, and the service classification of this requirement from the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of the authority's current thinking, and is neither exhaustive nor binding and the DfE reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend this notice at the time of issue or at any other time. The DfE will not be liable for any cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a provider in acting on the basis of this notice. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034420-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Oct 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 27 Nov 2024 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | 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 - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 24 Oct 2024 at 09:44 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034420-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZTliYTUzNDgtNTNkOS00MTg5LTgzYzUtNWU2YTExYjg2ZTYw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22fad277c9-c60a-4da1-b5f3-b3b8b34a82f9%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225e38c7b6-0ebd-4075-9f00-4160626ee4b7%22%7d - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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