Procurement Summary
Country: United Kingdom
Summary: Books for Secondary Schools
Deadline: 28 Apr 2026
Posting Date: 08 Apr 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 139141318
Document Ref. No.: project_10444
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Books for Secondary Schools
A Preliminary Market Engagement event is being undertaken to understand market capacity and capability to help DfE deliver support to secondary schools in the £5 million Books for Secondary Schools programme, in order to maximise its impact. This engagement seeks to explore opportunities for philanthropic funders, business sponsors, charitable organisations, school reading book suppliers and other relevant partners to work alongside DfE to amplify the impact of this investment. We want to explore how additional resources, expertise and networks could be leveraged to increase access to, and engagement with, books and other reading materials for secondary school pupils across England. The engagement will explore how best to maximise the programme`s investment and support the National Year of Reading to improve reach and sustainability. We want to understand how partners can help ensure the investment directly benefits all children, including by addressing barriers to access and boosting reading. The Department for Education will hold a webinar via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 29th April 2026. This will run for approximately 1 hour. A questionnaire will be issued following the webinar via Microsoft Forms and will be sent out via Jaggaer (the department`s e-sourcing system).
Notes: The full notice can be found at this link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030397-2026 To note - This PME does not signify the commencement of any procurement process and does not constitute any commitment by the Department for Education (DfE). If DfE decides to commence any procurement process subject to the Procurement Act 2023 as contemplated by this notice, a separate notice(s) will be published at the relevant time. The Department reserves the right not to enter any formal processes or agreements. Accordingly, the Department will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work, or effort incurred by a provider in acting based on this notice.
Procurement Route: Procurement Act – Open
Listing Deadline: 28/04/2026 12:00
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