Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c14-c14d-716c-9878-9074b785674b/best-practice-guidance-for-returner-programmes pending GB open procedure # Best practice guidance for returner programmes [Department For Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) Estimated value Not stated Published 26 Sept 2017 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender To put together best practice guidance on running returner programmes and increasing opportunities for returners. This will take the form of a document suitable for use by large employers and SMEs (it will need a section with a focus on what best practice would look like for SMEs). This document will provide the benchmark for what best practice looks like in returner programmes, or expanding opportunities for returners. It should be set out so guidance can be used without additional support, though it can signpost employers to a range of support options if that is helpful. The guidance should include a minimum standard for best practice as well as a gold standard to be aimed for. The guidance will be based on existing market knowledge, the results of GEOs qualitative evaluation (due in November), and the call for evidence analysis (due by the end of November). The guidance will also be informed by a workshop with employers already running returner programmes and a second workshop to test draft guidance with a range of employers. We will want the guidance in draft form by the end of the calendar year. Additional information: ESTIMATED VALUE is £20,000. SCHEDULED DATE FOR PUBLICATION OF CONTRACT NOTICE: Monday 9th October 9am -11am. START AND END DATES OF THE CONTRACT: 23rd October 2017 - January 29th 2018. We would welcome anyone interested in this contract at an event on Monday 9th October at Sanctuary Buildings, London. We will be giving a short presentation and answering any questions. Please contact Fiona Grist to attend or for any further information. Read full description ## CPV classification Recruitment services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/a54196cb-16c6-4628-a739-6b79c34297da) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Department For Education: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) [Sector More Business services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/business-services) ## More tenders like this [Guard services – Élőerős őrzés-védelmi szolgáltatás nyújtása 2027 · Jósa András Múzeum · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-f5b7-731d-af9f-b33205ef5a66/hungary-guard-services-eloeros-orzes-vedelmi-szolgaltatas-nyujtasa-2027) [Printing and distribution services – impression, façonnage, MISE SOUS PLI et routage de supports de communication POUR LES services DU departement de lot-et-garonne - 4 lots · Conseil Départemental du Lot-et-Garonne · 45 days left · 3 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6342-737e-9c91-e518c28582e6/france-printing-and-distribution-services-impression-faconnage-mise-sous-p) [Staff development services – Chefscoachning · Kriminalvården · 31 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-98d2-71d0-bc35-e30ecdc9f40f/sweden-staff-development-services-chefscoachning) [Recruitment services – Upphandling avseende Rekryteringstjänster för koncernen Almi AB med dotterbolag · Almi AB · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-ae74-7220-9c41-43336fb80bd5/sweden-recruitment-services-upphandling-avseende-rekryteringstjanster-for-ko) [Evaluation consultancy services – Achiziția de Servicii de evaluare a Strategiei Naționale de Specializare Inteligentă (SNCISI) 2022-2027 precum și a Planului Național de Cercetare Dezvoltare și Inovare 2022-2027 (PNCDI IV) · Autoritatea Nationala pentru Cercetare · 15 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-ff29-70e9-8ce7-e1917b432c09/romania-evaluation-consultancy-services-achizitia-de-servicii-de-evaluare-a) [Advertising and marketing services – Personalmarketingagentur\_Stellenanzeigen · Berliner Feuerwehr · 32 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6347-72f7-8491-b98e903a3ff7/germany-advertising-and-marketing-services-personalmarketingagentur-stellena)