--- title: "Supporting Holocaust Survivor Testimony in Teaching" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05666e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05666e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05666e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05666e.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2025-07-25" --- # Supporting Holocaust Survivor Testimony in Teaching Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05666e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05666e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05666e.json) ## Summary The Department for Education has announced an open procurement process titled "Supporting Holocaust Survivor Testimony in Teaching." It aims to facilitate access to survivor testimony in schools, leveraging technology like AI and VR to enhance historical education. This opportunity, classified under education and training services, is located in the United Kingdom, with a total contract value of £2 million. The procurement is currently in the tender stage, with the tender period closing on 20th August 2025. Interested parties must submit their proposals electronically via the designated portal, with all inquiries to be made by 13th August 2025. This tender presents significant opportunities for growth, particularly for Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs). Organisations with expertise in education services, digital technology development, and teacher training may find this contract particularly appealing. The Department for Education is open to collaborative proposals, encouraging consortia bids to leverage diverse skill sets and innovations. Businesses competitively positioned in the field of educational technology or with capabilities in developing comprehensive training programs will find this procurement a strategic opportunity for involvement and impact in national education initiatives. ## Notice The Department for Education (the department) is looking for a provider to help schools with fulfilling the ambition for young people to hear recorded survivor testimony by enabling access to support and guidance which they can continue to use in future years. It includes a future looking element to equip schools to critically engage with new technologies such as AI and VR whilst continuing to support the provision of testimony available in a wide range of formats. The programme will equip schools with tools, guidance and support, including signposting to high-quality sources for Holocaust survivor testimony. This will enable them to make the best use of this source material in teaching. It includes supporting schools to use new technological innovations around testimony and being mindful of the benefits and risks within such developments i.e. helping teacher/student digital literacy, and as with history sources, to critically engage with AI tools and recognise AI-generated misinformation. The requirements on the supplier are: - Development and roll-out of a resource pack supporting schools to use survivor testimony effectively in their teaching. This will provide assembly and lesson guidance (with a focus on history as a subject area), and use of survivor testimony from the wide array of existing resources available from expert organisations. - Provision of Continuing Professional Development/in class-help to support schools to use testimony effectively. - Encouragement of further development of AI/VR resources relating to survivor testimony. By: - including in the resource pack guidance and help on how to best use this form of emerging technology within Holocaust education, and support schools to be sensitive to the use of such technology in the teaching of the Holocaust as per the IHRA conference recommendations on use of AI in Holocaust memory; - enabling access to high-quality testimony which can be accessed in a VR environment via VR headsets ("VR Testimony") which is: - publicly available and/or - made available for education use and/or - made available by the Supplier and meeting all applicable licence and/or other requirements in order to enable schools to access the VR Testimony; and - supporting schools with the hardware needed to access such software programmes by buying VR headsets and putting in place a mechanism for sharing these with schools in order to demonstrate the potential with this new technology. The DfE is keen to maximise opportunities to participate in procurement for Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs). Consideration will also be given to consortia and collaborative bids from all forms of organisations. For access to the full suite of tender documents and to participate in this opportunity please registrt on our e-tendering portal Jaggaer, https://education.app.jaggaer.com * From the Jaggaer home page click 'View Opportortunities' and search for Supporting Holocaust Survivor Testimony in Teaching. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043199-2025 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 25 Jul 2025 | | Submission deadline | 20 Aug 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 5 Oct 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,666,666 | | Lots value | £1,666,666 | | 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 - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 25 Jul 2025 at 14:00 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043199-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043199-2025 25th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://education.app.jaggaer.com - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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