01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Department for Education
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 20 July 2026
Description
This Award Notice is in relation to the Department for Education procurement of a Delivery Partner to support effective delivery of partnerships that strengthen children’s transitions from pre-reception early years settings into school. The partnerships will focus particularly on support for those children with SEND and from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Delivery Partner will play a central role in helping partnerships plan and implement their approaches, promote collaboration and good practice, and support continuous improvement across the programme. The Delivery Partner will also help ensure delivery aligns with priorities, maintains strong governance standards and contributes to sustainable outcomes for children beyond the funding period.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Delivery partner for partnerships supporting early years-school transitions
- Awarded
- 10 September 2026
- Award value
- £1,635,588
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London, UKI32, SW1P3BT, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PDZG-3487-DPVDMott MacDonald
Fleet Place, London, UKI31, EC4M 7RB, United Kingdom
Companies House 01243967 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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