Official UK procurement notice
Teacher Mentoring Programme in the Further Education Sector
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Education (DfE) has conducted a competitive procurement exercise to secure a supplier to deliver a programme of continuous professional development to support effective Teacher Mentoring within the Further Education (FE) sector.
CPV: Personal development training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Design and deliver a professional development and training offer for mentors and…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,200,000
Design and deliver a professional development and training offer for mentors and participants within the FE, the key outcomes the DfE aim to achieve are: to offer additional support and training to FE practitioners that act as mentors for new and inexperienced teachers in the sector; to provide mentors with the skills to assist the wellbeing and mental health of newly appointed FE teachers, to support smooth transition between industries and help form positive teacher-retention practices; offer mentees access to a skilled mentor that can aid their professional and personal development to become excellent teachers.
As well as providing the Teacher Mentoring Programme, the supplier will administer and manage grant funding, that FE providers can apply for, to enable individuals to engage in the programme activity. Additional information: Option to extend for up to 2 years based on business need, funding availability and delivery performance.
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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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Oct 2022, 15:50 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Mar 2023, 14:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Nov 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-008986- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037282Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Contract performance conditions are as stated in the procurement documents.
Publisher note: Interested organisations should register on the DfE’s e-procurement tool, Jaggaer. Please register for an account at https://education.app.jaggaer.com/, view the “current opportunities” page and search for: Project_7323. All communications and documentation relating to this opportunity will be managed through that Jaggaer project. Further information about this procurement, and the application process, is provided in the Invitation to Tender pack that is available on Jaggaer, Project_7323. The estimated value of the contract for the initial term is £1.2m. The value of any extension will be informed by approved funding availability. Interested organisations should note that a market engagement event concerning the procurement will take place on both the 20th October at 13:00 and 3 November at 14:00. The content of both market engagement events will be the same. Interested organisations can register for either event through Jaggaer, Project 7323.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 29 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 29 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
Timeline
17 Oct 2022 → 28 Mar 2023 · 5 dates- Next notice expected17 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline29 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened29 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Contract starts20 Feb 2023
- Notice published28 Mar 2023, 14:25 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Oct 2022- Status changed to active19 Oct 2022, 15:45 BST
- Procurement method changed19 Oct 2022, 15:45 BST
- Deadline published: 29 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT19 Oct 2022, 15:45 BST
- Status changed to complete28 Mar 2023, 14:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognition Education (UK) LtdFurther Education Teacher Mentoring Programme | £115,444 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Further Education Teacher Mentoring Programme · Cognition Education (UK) Ltd
- Signed
- 10 Mar 2023
- Value
- £115,444
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cognition EducationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria