Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 3000623300
E-mail: CPSProcurementAdvice@gov.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Evaluation of Professional Standards
Reference number: C006/2019/20
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Welsh Government wishes to commission an evaluation of the Professional Standards for teaching, leadership and assisting teaching.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
192 937.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73100000
73200000
73300000
79419000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Developed in consultation with practitioners, schools and key partners in the education system in Wales, new Professional Standards have been rolled out across the workforce since 2017. The standards, which represent a radical departure from the old standards, have been designed to inspire, challenge and support practitioners from initial training through to school leadership. The standards reflect the reforms and focus on the range of skills and behaviours to support practitioners to prepare for their role in the new curriculum. Understanding how different practitioner groups, schools and related organisations view and use the standards over time will inform ongoing Welsh Government policy development including activity relating to supporting professional learning needs.
The aim of the evaluation is to assess implementation, effectiveness and anticipated impacts of the standards in terms of their ability to support the development of a highly-skilled workforce ready to meet the challenges of education reform in Wales. The evaluation will:
1. Assess the engagement with standards amongst
practitioners.
2. Review the implementation of the standards amongst
practitioners.
3. Understand what factors and/or conditions support or
impede effective implementation of the standards.
4.Consider whether the standards have been effective in terms of their intention to:
- Set clear expectations about effective practice during a
practitioner’s career including, where applicable, entry
to the profession
- Enable practitioners to reflect on their practice,
individually and collectively, against nationally agreed
standards of effective practice and affirm and celebrate
their successes
- Support practitioners to identify areas for further
professional development; and
- Be used as part of the performance management process.
5. Explore the anticipated impacts of implementing the standards at the practitioner, school and system level.
6. Make recommendations for future policy and practice across the whole system to support the future implementation and effectiveness of the standards.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Demonstration of a clear understanding of the policy context and need for the research.
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Proposed methodology, which clearly outlines a detailed research design and demonstrates how the aims of this study will be met.
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Staff roles and suitability of staff for those roles.
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Understanding of, and ability to meet, project timetable and dependencies/risks.
/ Weighting: 15
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 164-402827
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: C006/2019/20
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Arad Consulting Ltd
Enterprise House, 126/7 Bute Street
Cardiff Bay
CF105LE
UK
Telephone: +44 2920440552
NUTS: UKL
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 192 937.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
E-TENDER INFORMATION:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.
- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.
- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.
- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.
- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.
- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”
- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.
- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.
- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.
- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.
- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm
HOW TO FIND THE ITT:
- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’
- The etender references for this contract are: Project_42516 and
ITT _76294
- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.
- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.
- Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process.To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID= 94620
(WA Ref:94620)
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
as described in the tender documents
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.
(WA Ref:99353)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
Cabinet Office
London
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
Internet address(es)
URL: http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/01/2020