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Education Durham Select List of Specialist Providers

Durham County Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 12:05.

Opportunity overview

This Agreement ("the Contract") is for a Select List of multiple external consultants who will be called on by Education Durham to provide support to Durham schools when required; to ensure the highest quality opportunities and outcomes for all children and young people in County Durham. The Select List being proposed here is to establish ways of supporting the work of Education Durham by supporting Durham Primary and Secondary schools/academies, with the following deliverables: • Delivery of School Leadership Advisors visits and Head Teacher Performance Management within schools. • providing guidance relating to Subject specific and/or areas of school improvement, including supporting schools in their self-evaluation through, for instance, work scrutiny; • planning and delivering courses and in-school contracts relating to Subject specific and/or areas of school; • providing as required, support to improve teaching through coaching and modelling best practice • supporting schools to ensure consistency of progression and inclusion; • Supporting schools to challenge underperformance in teaching wherever encountered. • Complete and evaluate in school contracts and training events • Participation in Education Durham planning and development activities, evaluated by Lead Advisors and Strategic Managers • planning and delivering courses and in-school contracts relating to Subject specific and/or areas of school; The need for additional support can be for a variety of reasons including, impending Ofsted Inspections, outcomes of an Ofsted Inspection resulting Schools being rated as "special measures" or "requires improvement". This is an open arrangement where suppliers can bid during the lifetime of the contract. The Council makes no guarantee to any Provider that they will be awarded any work under this Select Provider List and no guarantee is made in respect of any volume of work under any such agreement, or in aggregate under the contract. The Contract provides for no form of exclusivity and the Council is at all times entitled to enter into other contracts and agreements with other Providers for the provision of any of these Services. Each Provider should understand that their submission constitutes an acceptance to the Council of the terms of the Contract. The contract affords the Provider merely the opportunity to respond to an invitation from the Council for the provision of services. This is an Open list that allows for submissions to be received throughout the duration of the contract.

Classification

  • CPV80000000 — Education and training services

Lots

  • Lot 1£540k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
001815
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Tender Period

Ends
5 Dec 2025, 10:00

Special regime

lightTouch

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Other Requirements

Reserved Participation

smeVcse

Reserved Participation Location

Gazetteer

Scheme
GB-ONS

Identifiers

K02000001

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
540,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
648,000

Renewal

Description
2 X 12 Months Allowable Extensions subject to commissioner and budget approval.

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Award criteria

Description
The opportunity is awarded based on pass fail criteria with 2 independent sets of 2 questions depending on the role they are applying for in the opportunity.

Contract period

Ends
1 Mar 2027, 23:59
Starts
1 Mar 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
1 Mar 2029, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
80000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Education and training services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
L-1
Description
tender documents can be accessed free of charge at https://www.open-uk.org/
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 2
Id
L-2
Description
Document 3a. Specification
Document Type
technicalSpecifications
Entry 3
Id
070951-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
4 Nov 2025, 15:58

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PMPB-8772-VYWM
Name
Durham County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKC14
Country
GB
Locality
Durham
Postal Code
DH1 5WB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Corten House, Dunholme Close

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PMPB-8772-VYWM
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Durham · UKC14 · DH1 5WB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC14 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05da2a-2025-11-04T15:58:30ZTender notice on Find a Tender ·