Market Engagement Event - Delivery partner for partnerships supporting early years-school transitions
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.
Department for Education publishes Business Services work continuously — 279 notices, roughly one every 3 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
66% of Department for Education’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →
This is a notice seeking early engagement from interested parties in relation to the Department for Education procurement of a Delivery Partner to support effective delivery of partnerships that strengthen children’s transitions from pre-reception early years settings into school.
The partnerships will focus particularly on support for those children with SEND and from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Delivery Partner will play a central role in helping partnerships plan and implement their approaches, promote collaboration and good practice, and support continuous improvement across the programme.
The Delivery Partner will also help ensure delivery aligns with priorities, maintains strong governance standards and contributes to sustainable outcomes for children beyond the funding period.
Please note that all references to procedure, value and term length are purely illustrative and subject to change.
Please note that this notice is for early market engagement and exploratory purposes and is not a call for competition.
The Department reserves the right not to enter any formal processes or agreements.
Accordingly, the authority will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work, or effort incurred by a provider in acting based on this notice.
The DfE is keen to maximise opportunities to participate in procurement for Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs).
Consideration will also be given to consortia and collaborative bids from all forms of organisations.
What the notice asks for
This is a notice seeking early engagement
This is a notice seeking early engagement from interested parties in relation to the Department for Education procurement of a Delivery Partner to support effective delivery of partnerships that strengthen children’s transitions from pre-reception early years settings into school.
The partnerships will focus particularly on support
The partnerships will focus particularly on support for those children with SEND and from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Delivery Partner will play a central
The Delivery Partner will play a central role in helping partnerships plan and implement their approaches, promote collaboration and good practice, and support continuous improvement across the programme.
The Delivery Partner will also help ensure
The Delivery Partner will also help ensure delivery aligns with priorities, maintains strong governance standards and contributes to sustainable outcomes for children beyond the funding period.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
Skills, tools & certifications
Detected from the notice — the capabilities and credentials this bid calls for. Click one to see who wins that work.
Make the case to bid
Reveal who to approach at Department for Education, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.
Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
Our agent reads Department for Education’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.
Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066333
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 058587-2026
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.
Who wins this kind of work
The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.
Top suppliers & buyers in Business Services
Department for Education’s tender network
Assembling the network…
Similar open tenders
Marketing and Event Management Framework for the British Council Kazakhstan
British Council
PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY OF THE OMAGH ST PATRICK'S DAY EVENTS 2027 & 2028
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council