Zukünftiges Karriereangebot für junge Menschen

The purpose of this preliminary market engagement notice is to inform the market of a forthcoming supplier engagement event regarding future support for schools and colleges to deliver careers education, information, advice and guidance for young people in England. The Department for Education (DfE) will be undertaking an online market engagement event via MS Teams at 14:00 on 31st March 2026 for interested parties. The event is anticipated to last for a duration of an hour. The slide deck will be published on Jaggaer (ssq_747) following the event. If you wish to attend the market engagement event, please use the link found in the Engagement section below entitled: Attend market engagement event – 31st March 2026. We last carried out supplier engagement in November 2024 in order to inform the delivery of careers support for young people. The purpose of this supplier engagement webinar is to: Build on the insight gathered in the supplier engagement conducted in 2024. Share our broad plans for how we want to continue to support schools and colleges to improve careers guidance from the 2027/28 academic year and support partnership working with strategic and local authorities through careers hubs. Test bidder appetite and delivery viability for the support to improve careers guidance for young people with potential suppliers. 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's requirements, and the service classification of this requirement from the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of the authority's 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 bid cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a provider in acting on the basis of this notice. Any funding estimates referenced are indicative only and subject to change. The Department makes no commitment at this stage to the final scope or funding envelope of any future contractual activity. The current funding estimates are between £90m and £180m for a 3-5 year agreement, plus a mobilisation period of up to 6 months if required.