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Summary

OCID:: ocds-h6vhtk-04dbfc
Published by:: Department for Education
Authority ID:: AA20011
Publication date:: 12 March 2025
Deadline date:: -
Notice type:: Prior Information Notice
Has documents:: No
Has SPD:: No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:: N/A

Abstract

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market of a potential opportunity to bid for a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme to support secondary schools to support struggling readers in Key Stage 3.

Interested parties are invited to a market engagement event on 13 February 2025 (14:00-15:00) to hear further details and share any views or questions relating to this potential opportunity.

Full notice text

Prior information notice

This notice is for prior information only

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Department for Education

Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street

London

SW1P 3BT

E-mail: John.BURTON@education.gov.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

Address of the buyer profile: https://education.app.jaggaer.com

I.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

I.5) Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

CPD on Supporting Struggling Readers in Secondary Schools

II.1.2) Main CPV code

80000000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Interested parties are invited to a market engagement event on 13 February 2025 (14:00-15:00) to hear further details and share any views or questions relating to this potential opportunity.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

80200000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Reading is the essential foundation for success in all subjects, yet for a range of reasons, many children start Key Stage 3 below the expected reading level. At Key Stage 3, reading is crucial to access the whole curriculum, and children who are behind at the start of secondary school risk falling further behind by Key Stage 4.

Secondary schools need to support children to catch up rapidly, including children who may have become disengaged, mask their reading difficulties, or struggle with very specific components of reading. However, secondary schools have less access to training in early reading compared to primary schools.

We are looking for a provider to develop a continuous professional development (CPD) package for the secondary school workforce, to equip secondary schools to put evidence-based support in place for struggling readers. We are interested in a range of tools and resources that could support this aim, as well as different approaches to delivering training.

The support offer would be developed next financial year and will need to be accessible to a wide range of secondary schools. This event is to inform the market of this potential opportunity and to explore options to develop our requirement to best meet the needs of the secondary school workforce.

For information: Attendance at the market engagement events is not a pre-requisite for being able to submit a tender against this opportunity. If you are unable to attend the market engagement event, the slides and any Q&A outcomes will be made available.

This notice is a zero value PIN notice for early market engagement. It is for information only and is not a call for competition.

The Department reserves the right not to enter a formal procurement process and not proceed with contract award. Accordingly, the Department will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by any organisation in acting on the basis of this Prior Information Notice.

To attend the event you will need to register on the following portal: https://education.app.jaggaer.com

SSQ_546 refers

All information included in this notice is indicative and subject to change.

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

14/02/2025

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

05/02/2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID	Title	Parent category
80000000	Education and training services	Education
80200000	Secondary education services	Education and training services

Delivery locations

ID	Description
100	UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID	Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:: John.BURTON@education.gov.uk
Admin contact:: N/a
Technical contact:: N/a
Other contact:: N/a

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