Guidance

Understanding tendering terminology for academy trusts

A guide to help academy trusts understand common procurement terms.

• From: Department for Education and Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 30 November 2021

Applies to England

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Tendering 'jargon busting' guide for academy trusts

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The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025. All activity has moved to the Department for Education (DfE). You should continue to follow this guidance.

This guide is for staff working in academy trusts who are involved in procurement and tendering but do not have specialist procurement training. For example:

• staff who are asked to support a tendering process
• heads of academies who are tendering for goods, services or works for the first time

Published 30 November 2021