# Centre of Excellence for Literacy Teaching

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1
- Published: 14 June 2018
- Planned start: 3 December 2018
- Planned end: 31 March 2020
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d5bd15d2-2bb9-4a0f-9cfb-127983e506a8-221781
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f27ead07-90c0-483a-b58c-81010b43922b

## Description

On 1 October 2017 we announced plans to establish a national network of English Hubs across the country, beginning with the north, with a specific initial focus on improving early language and literacy teaching in schools\. On 14 December 2017 in the Social Mobility Action Plan and in a separate announcement on 6 January 2018 we further announced a national network of 35 English Hubs \("Hubs"\) and a Centre of Excellence for Literacy Teaching \(the Centre\)\. These announcements confirmed funding of up to £26\.3 million in the financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20 to establish and run the Centre of Excellence for Literacy Teaching and the national network of 35 English Hubs which are being appointed through a separate process\. As part of the funding comes from the Northern Powerhouse, 14 of the hubs will be in that region, which covers the former government office regions of North East, North West, and Yorkshire and Humber\. Additional information: Please be advised the DfE will be utilising its e-Tendering portal for this procurement and all interested parties will have to register on this prior to being able to express an interest in the procurement, access the document and submit a response to the Standard Selection Questionnaire In the first instance registration is accessed through the following url: https://education\.bravosolution\.co\.uk

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d5bd15d2-2bb9-4a0f-9cfb-127983e506a8-221781)