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Department for Education

Top Apprenticeship Employer Rankings 26-27 Preliminary market engagement notice

Business ServicesCPV 79952000
Value£317k
Deadline3 Oct 2025
Published8 Sept 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 8 Sept 2025ClosedCloses 3 Oct 2025
Who to contact
Core.procurement@education.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html The procurement will take place on the DfE Jaggaer system. Please register an account and search for ITT_3681 where the procurement documents will be stored and your tender response can be submitted.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£317ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

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The brief

The DfE is seeking to engage parties who are interested in bidding to deliver Top Apprenticeship Employer Rankings for 2026 and 2027.

Please note that this notice is for early market engagement and exploratory purposes and is not a call for competition.

The Department reserves the right not to enter any formal processes or agreements.

Accordingly, the authority will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work, or effort incurred by a provider in acting based on this notice.

The DfE is keen to maximise opportunities to participate in procurement for Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs).

Consideration will also be given to consortia and collaborative bids from all forms of organisations.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The DfE is seeking to engage parties

The DfE is seeking to engage parties who are interested in bidding to deliver Top Apprenticeship Employer Rankings for 2026 and 2027.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05843f
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
054716-2025
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