# Regions Group and SEND Digital Capability Contract

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Education.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [The Dextrous Web Ltd](/suppliers/dextrous-web/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £14,283,878
- Tender value: £14,283,878
- Award date: 18 June 2024
- Published: 18 September 2024
- Contract start: 1 July 2024
- Contract end: 30 June 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b3bc2f53-4fb3-4552-ade6-42cbbb9408e3-786320
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3b01a169-de00-4c49-a1c4-1ca962f05097

## Description

This opportunity covers the Regions Group and SEND Digital Portfolios which are made up of the following areas of work: Academies Programme - Enabling schools to convert to an academy, or an existing academy to transfer from one trust to another\. Ensuring that data is available to internal users to make evidence-based decisions\. Intervention - supporting the department to intervene in failing schools, academies and or academy trusts\. Free Schools Programme - Enabling the creation of good new Free Schools in areas of need\. SEND - The SEND programme supports the achievement of the third group priority\. It is based on two strands of work - the development and maintenance of the SEND Framework / toolkit and the delivery of the digital elements of the Delivering Better Value \(DBV\) major project\. Each of these programmes may raise requirements relating to the DDaT GDS Job Families Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework - GOV\.UK \(www\.gov\.uk\)\. There is a possibility that the portfolio may expand with additional services/programmes/projects required in addition to the above\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b3bc2f53-4fb3-4552-ade6-42cbbb9408e3-786320)