Project_7982 Care Leavers Accreditation Scheme 1-2-1 Early Market Engagement Event FTS PIN

The PIN is intended to:

Inform the market of a potential future procurement of an accreditation service called “Care Leavers Accreditation Scheme for Higher Education (HE) and Future Education (FE) providers” by advertising 10x 1-hour supplier (please see annex 1 below for available slots) and buyer 1-2-1 market engagement webinars via Microsoft Teams on Monday 8th January and Wednesday 10th January 2024.

The purpose of the webinars is to engage with interested parties and suppliers (i.e potential providers, partners or sub-contractors) that believe they have the capacity and capability to provide market insight on elements of this service to support the potential future delivery model of this contracted service.

How to engage: The 1-2-1 sessions are available to individual suppliers/trade associations, partners or subcontractors. 10 1-2-1 slots are available; therefore, allocation of these slots will be on a first come first served basis and will be limited to 1 slot per supplier organisation. Interested parties can register for the event by contacting https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.htm with the following information:

During the 1-2-1 sessions DfE representatives would like to gain further market insight on 6 themes covering the following:

• a.The attractiveness of the commercial opportunity e.g. Do you think there is a need for this in the current market? What are your expectations for the contract term?
• b.The components of accreditation (eligibility, evidence, ratings, renewal)
• c.Contracting arrangements e.g. Concession Contract vs Service Contract agreements
• d.Barriers to entry e.g. appetite from the HE/FE providers

e Risk

• f.Implementation lead time to setting this scheme up

All information shared during the market engagement stage is indicative and subject to continued development and will be treated in commercial confidence.