The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) invites potential bidders, interested in setting up and operating its Teaching Information Line (TIL) service, to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire.

The TIL service assists the TDA in achieving one of its key objectives: to enable schools to recruit good quality newly qualified teachers, by increasing applications to initial teacher training (ITT).

The service registers and answers enquiries form potential teachers, responding to the TDA’s advertising campaign; it will provide tailored and accurate information about teaching and teacher training, encouraging enquirers to apply for ITT.

The successful contractor will also maintain a relational database, logging the profiles of all enquirers to TIL and providing the TDA and service stakeholders with a wide range of reporting and analysis.

TIL will play an important role in ensuring that the TDA meets its recruitment targets and in assisting schools to fill their vacancies. It will do this by helping those who make contact to identify and apply for their most appropriate route in initial teacher training.

The contract will be awarded for four years with a one year option to extend.

It is estimated that the value of this work will be within band: C

Banding:

A up to £50, 000.00
B £50, 001.00 to £144, 000.00
C £144, 001.00 to £500, 000.00
D £500, 001.00 to £1, 000, 000.00
E over £1, 000, 000.00

Please note: the TDA is unable to enter into any discussions over the budget available. The above is given for guidance purposes only.
Anyone wishing to be considered for inclusion should apply by e-mail to:

contracts.ojeu@tda.gov.uk

Stating their name, address and the following reference number: 

T34024

or by post to the Training and Development Agency for Schools, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SZ quoting the reference "T34024 Teaching Information Line (TIL)". This is the only route for tender information packs or questions relating to this tender; any other routes used may disqualify the bidder.

Please note that tender information packs are not available electronically.

The deadline for submission of questionnaires will be:

08 November 2006 by 12 noon

Full tenders will then be issued to shortlisted bidders from Monday 20 November 2006 for submission by Friday 15 December 2006.
No applications will be considered after this time.
This Agency is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act. If the tenderer considers that any information supplied by them is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity given. In such cases, the relevant material will in response to FoI requests be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Act.