Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent
London
E14 2BG
UK
Contact person: Mr Andrew Shorter
Telephone: +44 2073640783
E-mail: procurement@towerhamlets.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?v=2
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?v=2
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Education Support Workers Supply — Dynamic Purchasing System
Reference number: DN375411
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79620000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The purpose of this procurement is the establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of teaching and/or tuition staff eligible for engagement by education authorities. Staff procured will support the education of vulnerable children who are in Councils corporate care. These could include children and young people in care, children on the roll of the local authority Virtual School, young people who are under Youth Offending Team orders or are being educated in a non-traditional setting due to circumstance or need.
The DPS will be open for throughout its duration and application to the DPS maybe made at any time during this period.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
17 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79600000
80200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of this Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is the provision of teachers for the support and education of vulnerable children including those in care, on the roll of a Virtual School, under Youth Offending Team orders or not in a traditional education setting.
This notice is for the advice of any teaching staff agency that considers itself able and appropriate to provide supply teaching staff, via the DPS, who would be eligible for engagement by education authorities for the purposes broadly outlined above.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
17 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
This DPS is being made available to the following classification of users:
— all local authorities in England and Wales, where “local authority” has the meaning given in Section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972,
— all schools under the control of an eligible local authority.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
See DPS procurement documentation.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
All conditions are clearly laid down on the procurement documents provided on the portal.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
The dynamic purchasing system might be used by additional purchasers
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
14/05/2026
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
This DPS will be available to the following classification of Users:
— all local authorities in England and Wales, where “local authority” has the meaning given in Section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972,
— all schools under the control of an eligible local authority.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Mulberry Place 5 Clove Crescent
London
E14 2BG
UK
Telephone: +44 2073644608
E-mail: procurment@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/05/2019