Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Education and Training Foundation
First Floor, 157 — 197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
UK
Contact person: Procurement Coordinator
Telephone: +44 2037408280
E-mail: tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.et-foundation.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA28768
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.mytenders.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.mytenders.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Charity
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
T Levels Professional Development Offer: Understanding T Levels
Reference number: SD 18/19.17
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The ETF are seeking a tenderer to develop and deliver strand 2 of the T level professional development offer. The focus of this work is to provide CPD to help staff across the sector to better understand T Levels. There are 2 over-arching aims:
1) To ensure that the FE workforce has information about T levels so they:
(a) understand the implications for their role and
(b) can advise students (including those with SEND) effectively about their options.
2) To ensure that teachers in schools advising young people understand what T levels are and what the potential benefits are.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
240 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
80210000
80211000
80212000
80400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
ENGLAND
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This tender relates to strand 2 of the T level professional development offer. This strand will provide training directly to both the 2020 and 2021 provider groups, feeder schools, and a wider audience of providers.
The over-arching aims for this strand have been split into 2 phases of work:
— phase 1: scoping and initial development
— phase 2: delivery.
The first stage of the work will be to carry out scoping to further define the method, mode and frequency of delivery and to develop the materials and resources for delivery. This work will need to take place at the start of the project and all of the scoping, and the majority of the development.
Phase 2 will use the resources and delivery methods identified in phase 1 to ensure staff understand T levels.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/02/2019
End:
31/03/2020
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Subject to the availability of funding and sufficiently high quality performance of the successful tenderer during the initial phase of the contract, we would like to include a right to extend any contract for up to a maximum of 2 further years.
Payments after 31.3.2019 are dependent on receipt of the grant letter from the Department for Education (DfE) for 2019-20 by the ETF.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The contract will be awarded from 1.2.2019 to 31.3.2020 for the delivery of all the outputs and deliverable listed in this tender specification document.
The total budget available for this project is 300 000 GBP, which must include any VAT which you believe is chargeable. From the total budget 115 000 GBP is available for the scoping and initial development which should be completed by the 31.3.2019. The budget available for the delivery of training is 185 000 GBP which will commence in June 2019 and will be completed by March 2020.
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
10/01/2019
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
10/01/2019
Local time: 17:00
Place:
London
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=214117.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
(MT Ref:214117)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Education and Training Foundation
First Floor, 157 — 197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
UK
Telephone: +44 2037408280
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.et-foundation.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/12/2018