Trustee and Governor Recruitment and Onboarding Support

Concepts

• education and training
• high-quality onboarding service
• delivery of governor
• trustee
• trustee recruitment
• match trustees
• onboarding support
• governors
• governor recruitment
• department of education

Location

Description

The Department of Education is looking to award contracts to fund the delivery of governor and trustee recruitment and matching services along with a high-quality onboarding service and expert guidance for all those recruited. Contracts will run for an initial period of two years from April 2022 to March 2024 with the provision to extend for a further year. The Department wants to encourage applications from a range of providers, including consortium bids to promote evidence-based innovative solutions and support the development of a sustainable market. We are looking to fund both small and large organisations, including schools and trusts with excellent governance. To this end, the procurement has two lots: Lot 1 - bids of the contract value to a maximum of £650,000 per annum for the years 2022-23 and 2023-24 (inclusive of all VAT that may be chargeable) to deliver a national service to recruit and match trustees and members to the boards of Single Academy Trusts (SATs) and to Trusts with multiple academies (MATs), along with a high-quality onboarding service and expert guidance for all those recruited. Lot 2 - bids of the contract value to a maximum of £550,000 per annum for the years 2022-23 and 2023-24 (inclusive of all VAT that may be chargeable) to deliver a national service to recruit governors to the boards of Local Authority maintained schools and academy Local Governing Bodies, along with a high-quality onboarding service and expert guidance for all those recruited.

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

This open tender competition is being run via the DfE's e-procurement portal, Jaggaer. Links to the site and related guidance can be found via the following link: Jaggaer https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/procu...