CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

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Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Anti-Racist Wales: Further Education Learner and Staff Research

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Eliminating inequality is a central commitment in Wales’s Programme for Government. On 7 June 2022 the Welsh Government published its Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan. Co-constructed with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and organisations, the plan sets out goals and actions to make Wales an anti-racist nation by 2030. It places the voices and lived experiences of ethnic minority people at the centre of all anti-racist policies and actions. The plan sets a goal to embed anti-racist culture and practices in every further education (FE) institution in Wales. To help set a baseline for this work, the Welsh Government commissioned the Black Leadership Group and ColegauCymru to undertake an initial scoping study, to help prepare for a programme of equality research, analysis and development for the further education sector that could be delivered from 2022-23.

The Welsh Government wishes to commission research, co-constructed and co-delivered by minority ethnic people, to strengthen its understanding of further education learner and staff experiences of racism.

A budget of up to £100,000, excluding VAT, will be made available for the purposes of this contract: up to £35,000 for Lot 1 and up to £65,000 for Lot 2.

Lot No 1

Qualitative research designed to better understand the lived experiences of ethnic minority learners and staff in the FE, apprenticeship and adult learning sectors, including their experiences of racial discrimination and harassment and their views on what needs to change in order to achieve the anti-racist Wales ambition.

Lot No 2

Design and testing of a bank of survey questions that can be used to provide evidence of the experiences of learners and staff of all ethnicities.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=126586

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

as stated in the tender documents

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

as stated in the tender documents

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

C112/2022/2023

4.3

Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

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 e-tender references for this contract are: project_51732, Qualification itt_99012, Lot 1 itt_99010, Lot 2 itt_99011.

- 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.

(WA Ref:126586)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice