Procurement

Early Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 1 Materials and Training

  • Department for Education

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-067130

Description

Early Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 1 Materials and Training

Procurement Description

This Tender Notice is in relation to the Department for Education Early Years (EY) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Provision of Phase 1 Materials and Training.

Department for Education are seeking to procure an online package of training with learning materials for early years practitioners on SEND and make this available and accessible for all early years practitioners from September 2026 for up to 12 months, with the possibility of extension on a quarterly basis for up to an additional 12 months if required

The training should:

Be specific to SEND in early years only, specifically ages 0-4.

Be available and applicable to all early years practitioners, regardless of qualification level or setting type (PVIs, school-based nurseries, childminders etc.) and meet government accessibility standards.

Be in an online, modular, self-paced format that users can revisit at their convenience with videos/webinars dispersed amongst the online learning.

Provide a minimum of 20 hours of content, to enable and support learning beyond the level currently covered in the DfE's Early Years Child Development Training, module 8.

Cover, at a minimum, content around inclusive practice and methods for embedding this within a setting and information/guidance on engaging with parents of children with SEND.

A combination of existing and newly configured content is acceptable, provided mobilisation and outcomes requirements are met.

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The Tender period is Tuesday 26 May and closes at 5pm on Friday 12 June.

Clarification period will be until 5pm on Friday 06 June. Please submit Clarification Questions via Jaggaer messaging portal.

Notices

UK4: Tender notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-048906
Published
26 May 2026, 3:13pm

UK1: Pipeline notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-047654
Published
22 May 2026, 11:07am

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-027886
Published
26 March 2026, 12:40pm
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UK3: Planned procurement notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-026238
Published
23 March 2026, 12:45pm
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