# Period Product provision to schools and post-16 education institutions across England\.

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £20,000,000
- Published: 12 June 2019
- Planned start: 2 September 2019
- Planned end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: ba165f72-c0a5-41dc-9efb-bd2c27593b85-294871
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f1510bb2-7579-4fa5-ad51-46b4325ff662

## Description

In March 2019, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the DfE will lead a scheme to provide access to free sanitary products in all schools and colleges in England\. https://www\.gov\.uk/government/news/spring-statement-2019-what-you-need-to-know On 16th April, Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed access to free period products will also be fully-funded in Primary Schools\. https://www\.gov\.uk/government/news/free-sanitary-products-in-all-primary-schools The DfE's 2018 omnibus survey found that 83% of secondary school leaders reported making free products available to pupils, with 41% doing so because of a reason related to pupils' inability to afford period products\. Of the secondary school leaders who reported making free products available, 78% said provision was funded from school budgets, 26% used charitable donations and 17% said teachers funded products themselves\. No-one should be held back from reaching their potential, which is why we have announced a scheme to provide access to free period products in schools and colleges in England, and that this will be fully funded by the government\. The DfE will shortly be publishing a tendering opportunity to find a single national supplier who can: - Source an appropriate range of period products - Design and implement user interfaces and support services - Plan and execute a national delivery service We require a 'demand-led' service which must be available to approximately 22,000 institutions across England, with an accessible and easy to use means of interaction and product ordering\. PLEASE NOTE: We have estimated the value of this opportunity to be in the region of £10-20m based on an anticipated level of take-up across the 1\.7m eligible learners\. The funding for this opportunity is contingent on user need, alongside the delivery and distribution methods used by any successful bidder \. SUPPLIER PRE-TENDER BRIEFING: The DfE will be running an Open procurement in June 2019, which will follow the OJEU procedure\. Prior to this, we will be running a Skype event at 11:30Am on Tuesday 28th May to provide an overview of our finalised requirements and highlight the upcoming procurement process\. To register for this event, please contact PP\.Procurement@education\.gov\.uk \. Additional information: An earlier event was held on Tuesday 23rd April 2019\. The presentation and Q&A summary from this event can be found attached on the Contracts Finder notice\. This tender opportunity will be published via the DfE's e-procurement system, Bravo\. To register, please see the following link: https://education\.bravosolution\.co\.uk/web/login\.shtml

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ba165f72-c0a5-41dc-9efb-bd2c27593b85-294871)