Career Changers Programme

Tender description

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to notify the market of the Departments intention to procure the Career Changers Programme. Lot 1: All information included in this notice is indicative and subject to change. The Department is seeking a single supplier to design and deliver a career changers programme to attract and recruit experienced professionals with significant previous employment and industry experience into teaching, and support them to deliver added value in schools. The supplier will demonstrate how they can attract, recruit and support career changers to make a successful transition into teaching, deliver ‘added value’ from their previous careers and retain them once trained. We are seeking a supplier who can deliver a national programme to bring in those who would not normally have considered teaching, in the subjects where they are needed most. Further details will be published with the tender pack. The intention is to publish the tender opportunity in June 2021. All future information will be issued to potential providers via the DfE eTendering Portal. Providers can access this system at https://education.app.jaggaer.com where the details of how to register and the terms of free registration are presented. Please note: The initial scope of each contract is for two cohorts to start training in 2022/23 (2022 cohort) and 2023/24 (2023 cohort) respectively. There is a possibility of an extension for one further cohort. Additional information: This notice 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 award contracts. Accordingly, the Authority will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a provider in acting on the basis of this Prior Information Notice.