Procurement of Providers for the National Professional Qualification (NPQ) for Special Education Needs Coordinators (SENCOs) Framework
Department for Education · London
Key facts
- Estimated value
- £15,000,000
- Closing date
- 03 Nov 2023
- Contract starts
- 19 Jan 2024
- Contract ends
- 14 Apr 2028
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Buyer type
- Central government
Description
The Department has published a Contracts Notice via the Find a Tender Service for this opportunity. Please see here: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026659-2023
The Department is seeking to appoint Providers to deliver the National Professional Qualification (NPQ) for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs). Given the importance of this qualification, in addition to seeking Providers via an open process under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Department is proposing to procure additional capacity to deliver the qualification via the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) and the NPQ Framework.
There is no cap on the number of providers that can be on the new framework agreement, providing that they meet the requirements as set out in the invitation to tender. The documents for which can be accessed via the Department's eSourcing portal, Jaggaer.
Providers appointed to the framework agreement will be responsible for designing and delivering the required Services for the NPQ for SENCOs (as outlined in Section 2A and 2B of the Service Requirements) under Call Off Contracts.
Successful Providers will be awarded a minimum of one Call Off Contract that covers the requirement to set up and mobilise the programme, including design curriculum content, as well as develop and host a User Digital Platform.
The curriculum content developed by Providers must cover all the knowledge and skills included in the Content Framework. The successful providers will be required to commence set up activity and mobilise in time to deliver training to the first cohorts for the NPQ for SENCOs in October 2024.
Full details of how to Tender and the Service Requirements can be found in the Procurement Documents which are available for download after expressing interest in the opportunity. Potential Providers should express their interest via the Department's eSourcing portal, Jaggaer, here: https://education.app.jaggaer.com
Additional information: Please refer to the Procurement Documents for details of the requirements.
Categories (CPV)
- 80000000 Education and training services
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