Early Years Covid Recovery Childminder Mentor Programme

Concepts

• pre-school education
• ecsc
• department for education
• peer-to-peer support programme
• early years
• role of mentor
• current programme
• childminder programme
• mentors
• understanding of the early years

Location

Description

**THIS PIN NOTICE IS TO NOTIFY SUPPLIERS OF A POTENTIAL UPCOMING REQUIREMENT THAT WILL BE ADVERTISED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION - EDUCATION AND CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEM (ECSC DPS)** **THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION** Evidence tells us that the quality of education and care in early years has the biggest impact on children's outcomes within a childcare setting. As such, we have designed a programme for early years focused on supporting practitioners, who are key to supporting the youngest children. The Department for Education is looking for a delivery partner to support with a new strand of the existing Early Years Experts and Mentors programme, exclusively for childminders. More information on the current programme is available here. The childminder programme will be a peer-to-peer support programme, requiring current childminders to apply for the role of Mentor, to support other childminders. The Department for Education will also be looking a number of candidates to fulfil the role of Area Lead, which involves providing support to Mentors in their locality. Support provided by this programme will be predominately virtual. The Department for Education requires a delivery partner to oversee the logistical aspects of this programme. The successful bidder will utilize their expertise and understanding of the early years sector to fulfil a number of activities. This will include but is not limited to managing the recruitment process of candidates to act as Mentors and Area Leads, including assessing applications and completing video interviews, organising the matching of candidates to childminders in need of support, and collecting feedback and management information from various parties on a regular basis throughout the programme. The role will also involve contact and communications with local authorities and the Department for Education Stronger Practice Hubs. The Department for Education intends to undertake a procurement exercise to appoint a suitably experienced organisation, or individual(s), to provide programme support for the Early Years Experts and Mentors Childminder programme.

CPV Codes

• 80110000 - Pre-school education services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

The Department for Education will be holding a market engagement event on 1st September 2022 14:00 - 15:00. If you wish to attend the market engagement event, you must register for the event via the registration page. The registration page can be accessed by clicking here or by using the link below. The event will be held via Microsoft Teams. The Procurement will be run using the Department for Education - Education and Children's Social Care Dynamic Purchasing System (ECSC DPS) via the Department for Educations e-procurement system Jaggaer. For further information please see below. The Procurement will be run using the Department for Education - Education and Children's Social Care Dynamic Purchasing System (ECSC DPS) via the Department for Education e-procurement system Jaggaer. This opportunity will be published under the categories: - ECSC DPS/ ECSC-04 Developer of Practitioner Networks - ECSC DPS/ECSC-06 Facilitator Services - ECSC DPS/ECSC-13 Operational Development and Delivery Services To tender for this work and to be eligible to bid, you must register in advance and must be registered on the Department for Educations e-procurement system Jaggaer and must be fully registered and accepted onto the ECSC DPS in one of the above Categories by 13th September 2022. Bidders who are not already registered on the portal can register here: https://education.app.jaggaer.com and sign up to the Dynamic Purchasing System. Please read and follow the steps as outlined in the guidance attached to submit your application to join the Department for Education ECSC DPS via Jaggaer. For any assistance required in registering please contact the Jaggaer helpdesk: help_UK@jaggaer.com This notice is a zero value PIN notice to initiate pre-market engagement. It is for information only and is not a call for competition. This PIN is intended to inform the market of a potential future procurement exercise to appoint a supplier to work with the Department for Education on providing the outlined service. The Department for Education reserves the right not to enter a formal procurement process and not proceed with contract award. Accordingly, the Department for Education will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work, or effort incurred by any organisation in acting on the basis of this Prior Information Notice. All information included in this notice is indicative and subject to change and is neither exhaustive nor binding. The Department for Education reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time. Jaggaer e-Procurement Portal Registration https://education.app.jaggaer.com JAGGAER - ECSC DPS Supplier Registration Guidance file:///C:/Users/siqbal2/OneDrive - Department for Education/Downloads/New - 1303 - JAGGAER DPS Supplier Registration Guidance (December 2020).pdf DfE Experts & Mentors - Childminder Mentor Programme - Market Engagement Event Registration https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/yXfS-grGoU2187O4s0qC-Q,efZcJVo8Kk6zda3w...