Official UK procurement notice
Anti-Bullying & Behaviour Toolkit 2025/26
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTHIS IS A CALL FOR COMPETITION
The Department for Education (DfE) has published this Invitation to Tender (ITT) for a Behaviour and Anti-Bullying Best Practice Review and Toolkit.
This notice is to announce the launch of procurement to conduct a best practice review and, informed by the findings of this review, create a new resource (‘toolkit’) for mainstream schools in England (ages 5 to 16). This resource will support schools in managing pupil behaviour, reducing preventable exclusions, and tackling and preventing bullying. The work is anticipated to commence in early Spring 2025.
The supplier will require substantial research capabilities, as well as the ability to translate academic findings into engaging, actionable advice for schools. As the best practice review and toolkit will cover best practice in mainstream schools, the supplier will need to have detailed knowledge of the English school system.
Interested suppliers are invited to submit tenders during the window from 21 October to 21 November 2025. Award decisions will be contingent upon meeting the published award criteria.
For full access to the tender documents and to participate, please visit education.app.jaggaer.com ↗ and click on "view Opportunities" to express your interest in this contract opportunity.
CPV: Primary education services · Research services · Secondary education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£900,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality: Includes 10% Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jul 2025, 11:30 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jan 2026, 10:40 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
9976- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066919- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056628Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
25 Jul 2025 → 11 Feb 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published25 Jul 2025, 11:30 BST
- Market engagement8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
The Department will host a virtual engagement event on 8th August 2025. Details will be provided to those organisations who expres an interest in this opportunity via Jaggaer.
- Tender notice published372 days ago21 Oct 2025, 08:14 BST
- Next notice expected351 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by348 days ago14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline341 days ago21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by281 days ago19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent271 days ago30 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published271 days ago30 Jan 2026, 10:40 GMT
- Contract starts261 days ago9 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends258 days ago11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Jul 2025, 11:30 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published21 Oct 2025, 08:14 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £900,00021 Oct 2025, 08:14 BSTwas £750,000
- Status changed to active21 Oct 2025, 08:14 BST
- Procurement method changed21 Oct 2025, 08:14 BST
- Deadline published: 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT21 Oct 2025, 08:14 BST
- Contract award notice published30 Jan 2026, 10:40 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete30 Jan 2026, 10:40 GMT
- Contract signature expected12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empowering Educational International Limited (Etio)12 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 30 Jul 2032Extensions: Contract is 3+1+1+1. Options to extend the term of the contract. | £735,000 | 30 Jan 2026standstill to 11 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders | 6 | 2 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Empowering Education International LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender