Early Supplier Engagement - Careers support for young people in schools and colleges in England

The purpose of this Early Engagement Notice is to inform the market of a forthcoming supplier engagement event regarding future support for schools and colleges to deliver careers education, advice, information and guidance for young people in England.

The Department for Education (DfE) will be undertaking an online market engagement event via Microsoft Teams at 10.00am on 27th November 2024 for interested parties. The event is anticipated to last for a duration of up to two hours.

If you wish to attend the market engagement event, please use the link found in the links section below entitled: Attend market engagement event - 27th November 2024.

We started supplier engagement in October 2023 in order to inform the delivery of careers support for young people and adults.

The purpose of this supplier engagement webinar is to:

This is not a binding statement of intent or a call for competition.

This Notice does not signify the commencement of any competitive process and does not constitute any commitment by the DfE. If DfE decides to commence any competitive process(es) as contemplated by this notice, a separate notice(s) will be published at the relevant time.

The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the authority requirements, and the service classification of this requirement from the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of current thinking, and is neither exhaustive nor binding and the DfE reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend this notice at the time of issue or at any other time.

The DfE will not be liable for any cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a provider in acting on the basis of this notice.