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Education Durham Select List of Specialist Providers

Durham County Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Durham County Council

Buyer Address: Corten House, Dunholme Close, Durham, UKC14, DH1 5WB, United Kingdom

Contact Email: corporate.procurement@durham.gov.uk

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
540000.0 GBP
Gross: 648000 GBP
Published
04 Nov 2025, 15:58
Deadline
05 Dec 2025, 10:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
80000000 - Education and training services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

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.

Linked Documents

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.open-uk.org/

Link Description: tender documents can be accessed free of charge at https://www.open-uk.org/

Link Description: Document 3a. Specification

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070951-2025

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Value: GBP 540,000

Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 648,000

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lot 1 Contract End: 2027-03-01T23:59:59Z

Lot 1 SME Suitable: Yes

Documents

Document Description: tender documents can be accessed free of charge at https://www.open-uk.org/

Document Description: Document 3a. Specification

Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

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